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Wealden Iron Research Group: First Series Bulletin No. 7, Winter 1974, edited by David Crossley, published Winter 1974 (Wealden Iron Research Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

The Domesday Ferraria, by Joe Pettitt, published Winter 1974 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 7, article, pp.1-3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Domesday Book (1086 A.D.) mentions 'una ferraria' under the hundred of East Grinstead. This is the sole reference to ironmaking in the Weald at that time. In the Victoria County History for Sussex Dr L. F. Salzman translated ferraria as 'mine' but Straker acceptably suggested 'ironworks', i.e. bloomery. Dr Salzman added that the site was no doubt the same as that which was in the hands of Isabel de la Haye in 1263. He based his conclusion on an Assize Roll which recorded a lawsuit of that date; the ironworks was then showing no profit.

Medieval Bloomeries: a comment, by Editor, published Winter 1974 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 7, article, pp.4-7) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

The Chairman's note in the last Bulletin raises a number of problems about the occurrence of late bloomeries in the Weald, over which the Group has made little progress. Compared with the satisfactory recording of Romano-British bloomeries, and the rather unexpected growth in the number of recorded sites for the blast-furnace period, progress for the medieval industry has been limited. There are several reasons why this should be so.