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Wealden Iron by Ernest Straker

published by G. Bell & Sons in 1931

Chapter Frontispiece       Preface       Contents       Glossary       Part I. HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY   0   Chapter One - Iron in General   1   Chapter Two - The Weald and its Geology   5   Chapter Three - The Two Processes   16   Chapter Four - The Early History of Iron in the Weald   26   Chapter Five - The Evolution of the Blast Furnace   38   Chapter Six - The Records in the Tudor Era   48   Chapter Seven - The Lists of 1574   53   Chapter Eight - The Ironworks in Stuart and Hanoverian Times   60   Chapter Nine - Hammerponds and Power   69   Chapter Ten - The Furnace   75   Chapter Eleven - The Forge   84   Chapter Twelve - Cinders and Slags   89   Part II. TOPOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SURVEY   211   Chapter I - Eden and Lower Medway   214   Chapter II - Kent Water and Cansiron Stream   223   Chapter III - Upper Medway   233   Chapter IV - North Ashdown   246   Chapter V - East Ashdown   254   Chapter VI - Teise   264   Chapter VII - The Eastern Rother   284   Chapter VIII - Middle Rother   296   Chapter IX - Lower Rother   310   Chapter X - Brede and Tillingham   324   Chapter XI - Asten   350   Chapter XII - Ashburn   359   Chapter XIII - Cuckmere   373   Chapter XIV - Ouse, Uckfield River   386   Chapter XV - Maresfield Ouse   394   Chapter XVI - Western Ouse   404   Chapter XVII - Adur   416   Chapter XVIII - Arun and Western Rother   420   Chapter XIX - Arun - North River   433   Chapter XX - Wey   445   Chapter XXI - Mole   451   Index to Parishes   469   General Index   472   Illustrations The Broken Bay of Warren Furnace in 1887       Drayton's Polyolbion, 1612 edition   12   Brass Dial of Thirty-hour Clock   76   Gloucester Furnace, Lamberhurst   78   Swedish Blast Furnace in 1793 facing  82   An Iron Forge, 1772 facing  84   Working Drawing of Hammer Forge   87   Warren Furnace, 1887   215   Map - River Eden, River Medway and Kent Water facing  224   The Pevensey Castle Gun   259   Map - River Teise facing  272   Map - River Rother facing  288   A Hammer Forge in Gothland about 1790 facing  304   Map - River Ashburn, River Asten and River Brede facing  352   Cottage at Ashburnham Furnace facing  368   Map - Rivers Ouse, Uckfield, Cuckmere, Rother and Ashburn facing  400   Maresfield Powder Mills from the air facing  402   Map - Rivers Adur and Western Ouse facing  416   Map - Rivers Wey and Arun facing  432   The House at St Leonards Hammer Pond   437   Map - Rivers Wey and Arun facing  448   Map - Rivers Mole and North River facing  464   Chapters 13 to 21 of Part 1 are not included More about Benhall

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