History of Madeley

About this eBook

Author

Randall, John, 1810-1910

Title

History of Madeley including Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale, and Coalport

Credits

Transcribed from the 1880 _Wrekin Echo_ Office edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Madeley (Shropshire, England) -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 62423

Release Date

June 19, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORY OF MADELEY, INCLUDING IRONBRIDGE, COALBROOKDALE, AND COALPORT,
2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.MADELEY. — King Charles’s Visit to , and Concealment at , Madeley . — The Great Fire of London . — Assessments in Madeley , and Abolition of the Chimney Tax or Smoke-Penny . — The Law of Settlement . — Vagrants and Sturdy Beggars . — The Oaths of Supremacy . — The Poll Tax . — Assessment for carrying on a Vigorous War . — Press Laws . — Tax upon Marriages , Births , Burials , &c. — Rent and Value of Lands in the Lordship of Madeley , in 1702. — The Coal and Iron Industries of Madeley . — The First Ironworks .— The Reynoldses . — William Reynolds . — Events relating to the Social and Political History of Madeley , from the 13th to the 19th Centuries , not previously noticed . — Scarcity of Wheat in Madeley in 1795. — The Church , and the Moral and Religious Aspects of the People of Madeley . — Rev. John W. Fletcher , Vicar of Madeley . — Mr. Fletcher as Head of Lady Huntingdon’s College . — Mr. Fletcher as a Controversialist . — Mr. Fletcher as a Politician . — Mr. Fletcher as a Descriptive Writer . — Mr. Fletcher in the Pulpit . — Mr. Fletcher’s Charity and Love of the Poor . — Mr. Fletcher’s Last Illness and Death . — Testimonies of the Life and Character of the Rev. John Fletcher . — Epitaph on Gravestone . — MRS. FLETCHER, OF MADELEY. — Religious Aspect of Madeley in Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher’s day . — Religious Aspect of Madeley in 1777 and 1877. — Ironbridge Church . — Coalbrookdale . — Wesleyan Methodism . — Primitive Methodists . — The New Connexion . — Baptists . — Congregationalists . — The Madeley Wood Works . — The Clay Industries of the district . — Maw and Co’s Tesselated , Mosaic , and Majolica Works . — Jackfield Pottery and Porcelain . — Coalport Porcelain Works . — MADELEY CHINA WORKS. — MADELEY CHURCH. — Benefactions . — MADELEY. Extinct and ancient names . — MADELEY MARKET. — Madeley as a part of the Franchise of Wenlock . — SHEEP STEALING IN SHIRLETT: CUNNING DEVICE. — PETTY SESSIONS. — COURTS FOR THE RECOVERY OF DEBTS, COUNTY COURT, &c. — MANORIAL COURT. — THE DISPENSARY. — MADELEY UNION. — THE CHOLERA. — THE SEVERN. — THE SEVERN AS A SOURCE OF FOOD. — FLOODS. — COALBROOKDALE. — COALBROOKDALE BRICK, TILE, AND TERRA COTTA WORKS. — Coalbrookdale Coalfield . — IRONBRIDGE. — THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY WAS AUTHORIZED IN 1853. — THE WELLINGTON AND SEVERN JUNCTION RAILWAY — ST. LUKE’S CHURCH. — THE SANITARY STATE OF THE PARISH. — THE STEAM ENGINE IN ITS INFANCY. — PATENT MUSEUM, — CAPTAIN WEBB. — Hotels , Inns , Public Houses , and Beershops , in the Parish — their Signs , &c. — THE BROOKE FAMILY. — MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
5. 5.INDEX.
6. 6.APPENDIX. — King Charles’s Oak . — Old Family Names .
7. 7.FOOTNOTES.

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