Welcome to the Wealden Iron Research Group Facebook Page. The Wealden Iron Research Group (WIRG) was founded to focus and initiate research into the extinct iron industry of the Sus, Kent and Surrey Weald, and aims to foster interest in this subject, to work with other groups and institutions having allied aims and, above all, to publish its researches.

The main development of the Wealden iron industry took place in the reign of Henry VIII (). So rapid was its growth that it quickly covered practically the whole of Sus and West Kent. Camden in 1637, writing on Sus, says " Full of iron mines it is in sundry places, where for the making and fining thereof, there be furnaces on ...

The historical geography of the Wealden iron industry by Delany, Mary Cecilia. Publiion date 1921 Topics Iron industry and trade England Weald, Weald (Eng.) Publisher London, Benn brothers, limited Collection cdl; americana Digitizing sponsor MSN Contributor University of California Libraries Language

The Wealden iron industry was loed in the Weald of south eastern England. It was formerly an important industry, producing a large proportion of the bar iron made in England in the 16th century and most British cannon until about 1770.#8230;

Archaeology of the Wealden Iron Industry. Evidence of the early iron industry; from preRoman, RomanoBritish, AngloSaxon to early medieval periods has been found in the High Weald. You could see the remains of charcoal hearths, iron ore mining, ore roasting hearths, furnaces, production waste and pond bays used to power later furnaces.

RELICS OF THE WEALDEN IRON INDUSTRY. Fernhurst Furnace Pond, West Sus, from the northern sluice Many of us have heard of the 'hammer ponds' of Sus. Intrigued by the term, I investigated and found innumerable references to hammer ponds and hammer woods all over the southeast.

The Wealden Iron Research Group (WIRG) website provides information on a wide range of the groups activities together with a general introduction to iron production in the Weald. The Weald has been identified as a key ironproducing region for the British Isles and it contains nearly 800 identified ironmaking sites dating from the preRoman ...

Mjroots ( talk) 14:40, 11 January 2008 (UTC) Smiles wrote long after the Wealden iron industry was extinct. Anything good that he discovered on the subject has long been overtaken by detailed archival research incorporated into the works by Staker and by Cleere and Crossley, cited as main sources. I would strongly recommend that Smiles ...

The Wealden iron industry by Hodgkinson, Jeremy. Publiion date 2008 Topics Iron industry and trade England History, Iron industry and trade, England Publisher Stroud : Tempus Publishing Ltd Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation

This revised and expanded second edition (the first appeared in 1985) provides a definitive regional study of the charcoal iron industry, as well as a major addition on Wealden history generally. The new edition reprints the whole of the original text (and all the illustrations), covering the geology of the Weald (by Bernard Worssam); prehistoric, Roman, and Medieval ironmaking; the rise and ...

Wealden iron industry Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . The Wealden iron industry was loed in the Weald of southeastern England. It was formerly an important industry, producing a large proportion of the bar iron made ...

Jul 14, 2008 · He has been a writer and lecturer on the Wealden iron industry for 25 years. Formerly on the Councils of the Sus Archaeology Society and the Historical Metallurgy society, he is currently Vicechairman of the Wealdon Iron Research Group. He lives in Crawley, Sus. show more. Rating details. 3 ratings. 5 out of 5 stars. 5 (3)

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