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History of Madeley

by John Randall

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  1. 1O — Introduction
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Madeley
  4. 4King Charles’s Visit to, and Concealment at, Madeley
  5. 5The Great Fire of London
  6. 6Assessments in Madeley, and Abolition of the Chimney Tax or Smoke-P…
  7. 7The Law of Settlement
  8. 8Vagrants and Sturdy Beggars
  9. 9The Oaths of Supremacy
  10. 10The Poll Tax
  11. 11Assessment for Carrying on a Vigorous War
  12. 12Press Laws
  13. 13Tax Upon Marriages, Births, Burials, &c.
  14. 14Rent and Value of Lands in the Lordship of Madeley, in 1702
  15. 15The Coal and Iron Industries of Madeley
  16. 16The First Ironworks — The Reynoldses
  17. 17William Reynolds
  18. 18Events Relating to the Social and Political History of Madeley, Fro…
  19. 19Scarcity of Wheat in Madeley in 1795
  20. 20The Church, and the Moral and Religious Aspects of the People of Ma…
  21. 21Rev. John W. Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley
  22. 22Mrs. Fletcher, of Madeley
  23. 23Religious Aspect of Madeley in Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher’s Day
  24. 24Religious Aspect of Madeley in 1777 and 1877
  25. 25Ironbridge Church
  26. 26Coalbrookdale
  27. 27Wesleyan Methodism
  28. 28Primitive Methodists
  29. 29The New Connexion
  30. 30Baptists
  31. 31Congregationalists
  32. 32The Madeley Wood Works
  33. 33The Clay Industries of the District
  34. 34Maw and Co’s Tesselated, Mosaic, and Majolica Works
  35. 35Jackfield Pottery and Porcelain
  36. 36Coalport Porcelain Works
  37. 37Madeley China Works
  38. 38Madeley Church
  39. 39Benefactions
  40. 40Madeley — Extinct and Ancient Names
  41. 41Madeley Market
  42. 42Madeley as a Part of the Franchise of Wenlock
  43. 43Sheep Stealing in Shirlett: Cunning Device
  44. 44Petty Sessions
  45. 45Courts for the Recovery of Debts, County Court, &c.
  46. 46Manorial Court
  47. 47The Dispensary
  48. 48Madeley Union
  49. 49The Cholera
  50. 50The Severn
  51. 51The Severn as a Source of Food
  52. 52Floods
  53. 53Coalbrookdale
  54. 54Coalbrookdale Brick, Tile, and Terra Cotta Works
  55. 55Coalbrookdale Coalfield
  56. 56Ironbridge
  57. 57The Severn Valley Railway Was Authorized in 1853
  58. 58The Wellington and Severn Junction Railway
  59. 59St. Luke’s Church
  60. 60The Sanitary State of the Parish
  61. 61The Steam Engine in Its Infancy
  62. 62Patent Museum
  63. 63Captain Webb
  64. 64Hotels, Inns, Public Houses, and Beershops, in the Parish — Their S…
  65. 65The Brooke Family
  66. 66Monumental Inscriptions
  67. 67Appendix
  68. 68Old Family Names

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