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Elsecar Ironworks
The Elsecar Ironworks opened in 1795 in the village of Elsecar near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The company was bankrupted in 1827 and taken over by the Wentworth estate who owned the land it stood on. The buildings are now part of the Elsecar Heritage Centre. History Elsecar has been a mainly agricultural village situated on the Wentworth estate of Earl Fitzwilliam. There had been localised coal and iron mining on the edges of the village since the 14th century. The Ironworks opened in 1795 on a site near the head of the Elsecar Branch of the Dearne and Dove Canal. The canal, opened to service the Elsecar Collieries, coal mines, was extended a short distance to a new basin nearer the ironworks. The works made pig iron from locally mined ores as well as a range of cast iron products, mostly for the construction trades. A little further away, atop the hill to the west, was built the Milton Ironworks, working in the same market place as its rival. This was also connected to the cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsecar Ironworks - Geograph
Elsecar (, ) is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is near the villages of Jump, South Yorkshire, Jump and Wentworth, South Yorkshire, Wentworth and south of the town of Hoyland, south of Barnsley and north-east of Sheffield. Elsecar falls within the Barnsley MBC Ward of Hoyland Milton. Elsecar is unique as a name. It is thought to derive from the Old English personal name of ''Aelfsige'' (mentioned in Cartulary of Nostell Priory, 1259–66) and the Old Norse word Carr (landform), kjarr, denoting a marsh or brushwood. From the late 18th century, Elsecar was transformed into an 'industrial estate village' for nearby Wentworth Woodhouse, with multiple collieries and two major ironworks.https://historicengland.org.uk/research/results/reports/6-2019 It is seen as one of the UK's first model villages and a precursor to Saltaire. A 1795 Newcomen steam engine at the Elsecar New Colliery is the oldest steam engine still in situ, anywhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
