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Wealden Iron Research Group: Second Series Bulletin No. 9, 1989, edited by D. W. Crossley, published 1989 (Wealden Iron Research Group, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506560]   Download PDF

Field Notes, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 1989 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 9, report, pp.2-8, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506560]   Download PDF

Addition to the Catalogue of Early Iron Graveslabs in the Weald, by R. M. Willatts, published 1989 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 9, article, p.9, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506560]   Download PDF

Blackwater Green, Crawley, by Chris Place, published 1989 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 9, article, pp.10-11, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506560]   Download PDF

This report represents a brief interim account of the excavations that were undertaken by the Field Archaeology Unit of University College, London, at Blackwater Green, Crawley.

St. Leonards Lower Forge and Furnace Site Survey 1988, by R. G. Houghton and J. S. Hodgkinson, published 1989 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 9, article, pp.12-17, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506560]   Download PDF

The WIRG Field Group made a number of visits to this site. Based on their discussions during and after their visits, this account supplements and re-examines the information given in the gazetteer of The Iron Industry of the Weald. The site is a complex one and any interpretation must be tentative for the dual use cannot be explained as readily as at Langles.

A Furnace at Ewhurst, by R. O. Pook, published 1989 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 9, article, pp.18-19, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506560]   Download PDF

JOHN POOKE, yeoman, of Battle, Sussex, who made his will on 31st March 1610, was obviously a wealthy man as he was able to leave roughly £200 each to five sons, in addition to his tenement, barn and property with his farming stock and plant which he left to a sixth son. John's grandfather had been a farmer at Ninfield and when he died in 1558 he had left an estate worth £25 and land at Ninfield to his sons. As a child, John had almost certainly inherited lands and property at Whatlington and Sedlescombe from his uncle William who had died without issue in 1565 and whose estate had been valued then at £51.

A Method of De-rusting Archaeological Iron Artefacts, by D. Butler and B.K. Herbert, published 1989 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 9, article, pp.19-26, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506560]   Download PDF

The method of de rusting iron artefacts given here is essentially that described by Plenderleith and Werner.
The technique is based on electrolysis and uses readily available materials and equipment, but certain safety aspects and precautions are necessary, and these are described later.

William Clutton - Ironmaster, by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 1989 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 9, article, pp.27-32, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506560]   Download PDF

The brief re-vitalisation of the Wealden iron industry, brought about by the Seven Years' War (1756-63), caused an upsurge in the fortunes of established ironmasters, such as the Fullers and the Harrisons. It also brought to the fore a small number of entrepreneurs whose involvement in the Weald was much shorter. Among these can be numbered Edward Raby, John Churchill and James Bourne. Perhaps the briefest career was that of William Clutton.

A New Forgemaster, William Bassett and an Old Name, Grubsbars, for Crowborough Forge, by Brian G. Awty, published 1989 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 9, article, pp.33-37, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506560]   Download PDF