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Wealden Iron Research Group: Second Series Bulletin No. 15, 1995, edited by D. W. Crossley, published 1995 (Wealden Iron Research Group, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506562]   Download PDF

Field Notes, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 1995 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 15, report, pp.2-4, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506562]   Download PDF

Ordnance recommended to arm defensive earthworks proposed for the Sussex coast in 1587, by Pam Combes, published 1995 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 15, article, pp.4-8, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506562]   Download PDF

In 1870 Mark Anthony Lower published a copy of a survey of the coast of Sussex the original manuscript of which was, at that time, owned by a Lewes solicitor, Wynne E Baxter. The manuscript was purchased in 1971 by the British Museum and is now British Library Add ms 57494. The manuscript is entitled, 'A survey made by Sir Thomas Palmere knight and Mr Walter Couverte esquire Deputie Lieutenants of her Maties Countie of Sussex, of all the places of descente alongst the sea coast of the said shire'. The map is coloured and on vellum and the text is on paper. The survey is signed and dated Nicholas Reynolds, London, May 1587.

Cinderhill, Leigh, Kent, by B. K. Herbert, published 1995 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 15, article, p.8, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506562]   Download PDF

The last of the 1993/4 forays took place in April with a second visit to Cinderhill bloomery furnace site at Leigh in Kent, TQ 5330 4588. This is recorded in Straker's book, Wealden Iron, but is of unknown date, and in the Spring of 1993, WIRG had failed to find any dating pottery in two small excavations. The location is unusual in that it is over a quarter of a mile from any significant stream. A house to the NE of the site is called The Bloomery, the owners being well aware of this with their garden full of slag.

Notes on Early 18th-century Memoranda on the making of iron, by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 1995 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 15, article, pp.9-17, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506562]   Download PDF

The expenditure accounts for Beech and Robertsbridge Furnaces and Robertsbridge Forge, between 1726 and 1735, have received little attention. They are worthy of interest, however, for a series of memoranda preceding the accounts, which add to our knowledge of the detail of charcoal ironmaking in the Weald and elsewhere. There are several published descriptions of aspects of the practice of iron making, the most familiar examples from the Weald being those of John Ray and John Fuller; the latter a most comprehensive description. The memoranda transcribed below (in italics) do not provide a full description of either the smelting or forging process. Rather they supplement the better known accounts. The memoranda appear to constitute a series of notes, perhaps made by the clerk of the ironworks for his successor, for the guidance of someone either new to the iron business, or to the Weald, or both.

Fourth Foray on the London-Lewes Roman Road, by B. K. Herbert, published 1995 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 15, article, pp.18-23, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506562]   Download PDF

Work in February 1994 brings up to date four years of retracing the London-Lewes Roman Road described by I. D. Margary in his book, Roman Ways in the Weald. Reference to places on the road are noted by letters in brackets and are marked on the maps, whilst an associated list of map references is given at the end of the article; places situated off these maps have numbers in brackets.

Final Foray on the London-Lewes Roman Road, by B. K. Herbert, published 1995 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 15, article, p.23, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506562]   Download PDF

The March 1994 survey brings to a close the project to re-trace part of the London-Lewes Roman road from south of Edenbridge to Gallypot Street, near Hartfield; the previous forays are listed below. As before, points of interest are noted by letters in brackets and marked on maps copied from Margary's book Roman Ways in the Weald, whilst an associated list of map references is given at the end of the article; places situated off the map have numbers in brackets.