The Ironworks Leased from the Dudley Estate in
1836
Date |
Type of Agreement and Parties |
Property Let |
Terms |
1 Jan 1822 |
Grazebrook and Whitehouse (now H. B Whitehouse
Lease) |
(Wallbrook?)Land at Coseley to erect a
furnace |
21 years at £37 5s |
29 Sept 1825 |
Small, Shears and Taylor,(formerly Attwood)
Lease |
Dudley Wood Iron Furnaces |
Rent of £291 6s |
ditto |
ditto |
Netherton Iron Furnaces Engine Ware-house
etc |
Rent of £390 |
25 Mar 1832 |
Jones and Barker Lease |
Deepfields Iron Furnaces etc |
14 years at £150 |
17 Oct 1833 |
J. and B. Gibbons, written agreement |
2 of the iron furnaces at the New Level |
6/- a ton on iron made |
31 Jan 1834 |
ditto |
New Level Iron Furnaces |
5/- a ton on iron made when more than 2
furnaces at work |
25 Mar 1834 |
Evers and Martin, written agreement |
Parkhead Iron Furnace |
Rent of £260 |
25 Mar 1822 |
Izons and Co Tenants at Will, |
Old Level Furnace |
Rent of £460 |
29 Sept 1826 |
Samuel Evers, Tenant at Will |
Cradley Iron Works |
Rent of £300 |
25 Mar 1825 |
John Gibbons, Tenant at Will |
Level Forge and Mill |
Rent of £228 |
29 Dec 1826 |
Payton and Hopkins, Furnace Tenant at Will |
Coneygre Iron Furnace |
Rent of £250 |
By 1845 the furnaces at the New Level and the Coneygre Iron Works were
being worked by the estate.
Production Figures for Leased Ironworks on
the Dudley Estates, in Brierley Hill and Dudley, 1844
IRON WORKS |
Lessee |
Total Annual Furnaces Production |
Furnaces
|
Old Level Furnaces |
Izons and Co |
12,000 tons capacity 2 (only 1 in blast)
6,000 tons of pig iron |
2
|
The Level Ironworks |
Gibbons and Co |
6,000 tons of manufactured iron |
2
|
Woodside Furnaces |
Bramah and Cochrane |
9,100 tons of pig iron |
|
Park Head Furnaces |
Evers and Martin |
5,500 tons of pig iron |
2
|
Russell’s Hall Furnaces |
Blackwell and Co |
11,500 tons of pig and castings |
|
Holly Hall Foundry |
Johnson and Co |
1,000 tons of castings |
|
Dudley Wood Furnaces |
British Iron Co |
12,500 tons of pig iron |
4
|
Netherton Furnaces |
ditto |
|
2
|
Deepfields Furnaces |
F. Pemberton |
10,000 tons of pig iron |
3
|
New Level Furnaces |
Gibbons and Co to 1843 |
15,000 tons capacity (not yet in blast) |
4
|
This excludes the blast furnaces in Tipton and numerous small iron
works producing a variety of finished goods throughout the area of the
estate.
Two new major projects undertaken by lessees were the Russells Hall
Iron Works, erected by Blackwell and Co, and the Woodside Iron Works,
erected by Bramah and Cochrane. The latter works supplied iron for the
construction of Crystal Palace.
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