History of Madeley / including Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale, and Coalport
by John Randall
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Chapters (896)
- HISTORY OF MADELEY, INCLUDING IRONBRIDGE, COALBROOKDALE, AND COALPORT,
- INTRODUCTION.
- PREFACE.
- 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.
- INDEX.
- APPENDIX.
- King Charles’s Oak.
- Old Family Names.
- FOOTNOTES.
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