ABSTRACT

First Published in 1968. Originally intended for a short account or the chronicles of a mining and iron-making company, this study grew to its present size and now includes a historical and descriptive Account from earliest times to the end of the Eighteenth Century with an account of the Furness Ironmasters in Scotland from 1726 to 1800.

chapter |9 pages

The Early Iron Industry of Furness.

Introductory Sketch Of The History Of Iron.

part I|89 pages

The Mines

chapter I|35 pages

The Manor of Plain Furness

chapter II|7 pages

The Manor Of Pennington

chapter IV|7 pages

The Ancient Barony or Manor of Ulverston.

chapter V|14 pages

Descriptive.

chapter VI|11 pages

The Ore.

part II|59 pages

The Woodlands.

chapter I|29 pages

The Woods.

chapter II|30 pages

The Charcoal

part III|98 pages

The Woodlands.

chapter I|20 pages

The Bloomeries.

chapter II|13 pages

The Bloomsmithies.

chapter III|16 pages

The Bloomery Forges.

chapter IV|16 pages

The Smelting Furnaces.

chapter V|24 pages

The Furnaces

Descriptive

chapter VI|9 pages

The Refinery Forges.

part IV|43 pages

Masters and Men.

chapter I|29 pages

The Masters.

chapter II|14 pages

The Men.

part V|44 pages

The Woodlands.

chapter I|14 pages

Trade

chapter II|17 pages

The Shipping.

chapter III|13 pages

The Woods.

The Woodlands.

part VI|73 pages

Furness Ironmaster in Scotland

chapter I|46 pages

Invergarry Furnace

chapter II|26 pages

Lorn Furnace, Bonaw.