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Broseley, the Glossary

Broseley is a market town in Shropshire, England, with a population of 4,929 at the 2011 Census and an estimate of 5,022 in 2019.^[1]

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Abraham Darby I

Abraham Darby, in his later life called Abraham Darby the Elder, now sometimes known for convenience as Abraham Darby I (14 April 1677 – 5 May 1717, the first and best known of several men of that name), was a British ironmaster and foundryman.

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Alveston

Alveston is a village, civil parish and former royal manor in South Gloucestershire, England, inhabited in 2014 by about 3,000 people.

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BBC Radio Shropshire

BBC Radio Shropshire is the BBC's local radio station serving Shropshire.

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BBC West Midlands

BBC Midlands (known as the Midland Region from 1927 until c. 1974) is the BBC English Region producing local radio and web content for the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and parts of Gloucestershire.

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Ben Simons (bobsleigh)

Ben Simons (born 13 November 1986) is a British bobsleigher and former athlete.

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Benthall, Shropshire

Benthall is a small village in the civil parish of Barrow, in Shropshire, England.

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Bill Caddick

Lewis Frederick William Caddick (27 June 1944 – 19 November 2018) was an English folk singer-songwriter and guitarist, particularly noted for his songwriting and as a member of the innovative and influential group Home Service.

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Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh.

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Bridgnorth (UK Parliament constituency)

Bridgnorth was a parliamentary borough in Shropshire which was represented in the House of Commons of England from 1295 until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until its abolition in 1885.

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Bridgnorth District

Bridgnorth District was a local government district in Shropshire, England, from 1974 to 2009.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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Brooks Williams

Brooks Williams (born November 10, 1958) is an American acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter.

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Broseley Pipeworks

The Broseley Pipeworks is one of ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.

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Broseley, Missouri

Broseley is an unincorporated community in eastern Butler County, Missouri, United States.

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Buildwas Abbey

Buildwas Abbey was a Cistercian (originally Savigniac) monastery located on the banks of the River Severn, at Buildwas in Shropshire, England - today about west of Ironbridge. Broseley and Buildwas Abbey are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Cadet (genealogy)

In genealogy, a cadet is a younger son, as opposed to the firstborn heir.

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Capital North West & Wales

Capital North West and Wales is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Capital network.

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Charles Henry Hartshorne

Charles Henry Hartshorne (17 March 1802 – 11 March 1865) was an English cleric and antiquary.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Coal merchant

A coal merchant is the term used in the UK and other countries for a trader who sells coal and often delivers it to households.

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Coalbrookdale

Coalbrookdale is a village in the Ironbridge Gorge and the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, containing a settlement of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting. Broseley and Coalbrookdale are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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Favell Lee Mortimer

Favell Lee Mortimer, born Favell Lee Bevan (14 July 1802 – 22 August 1878) was a British Evangelical author of educational books for children.

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Fulk I FitzWarin

Fulk I FitzWarin (born 1115, died 1170/1) (alias Fulke, Fouke, FitzWaryn, FitzWarren, Fitz Warine, etc., Latinised to Fulco Filius Warini, "Fulk son of Warin") was a powerful marcher lord seated at Whittington Castle in Shropshire in England on the border with Wales, and also at Alveston in Gloucestershire.

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George Pearce Baldwin

George Pearce Baldwin (17 May 1789 – 1 October 1840) came from Broseley in Shropshire and moved to Worcestershire at the start of the 19th Century, becoming an iron founder at Stourport-on-Severn.

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Grindcore

Grindcore is an extreme fusion genre of heavy metal and hardcore punk that originated in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from abrasive-sounding musical styles, such as thrashcore, crust punk, hardcore punk, extreme metal, and industrial.

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Guest family

The Guest family is a British family that has been prominent in business and politics since the 18th century.

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Haberdashers' Abraham Darby

Haberdashers' Abraham Darby Academy in Telford, Shropshire, England, is a coeducational secondary school on Ironbridge Road in Madeley which was founded in 1937.

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Henry I of England

Henry I (– 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135.

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Hermione Baddeley

Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley (13 November 1906 – 19 August 1986) was an English actress of theatre, film and television.

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Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire

Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire is an Independent Local Radio station based in Birmingham, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network.

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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.

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Ironbridge

Ironbridge is a riverside village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. Broseley and Ironbridge are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Ironbridge Gorge

The Ironbridge Gorge is a deep gorge, containing the River Severn in Shropshire, England.

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Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust is an industrial heritage organisation which runs ten museums and manages multiple historic sites within the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site in Shropshire, England, widely considered as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Broseley and Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Ironmaster

An ironmaster is the manager, and usually owner, of a forge or blast furnace for the processing of iron.

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ITV Central

ITV Central, previously known as Central Independent Television, Carlton Central, ITV1 for Central England and commonly referred to as simply Central, is the Independent Television franchisee for the Midlands.

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Jabez Carter Hornblower

Jabez Carter Hornblower (21 May 1744 – 14 July 1814) was an English pioneer of steam power, and the son of Jonathan Hornblower.

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Jackfield

Jackfield is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, lying on the south bank of River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge, downstream from Ironbridge. Broseley and Jackfield are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Jackfield Tile Museum

Jackfield Tile Museum is a museum which presents the history of the British decorative tile industry between 1840 and 1960, the period in which this factory and that of Maw & Co nearby played an important part in this industry. Broseley and Jackfield Tile Museum are Ironbridge Gorge.

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John Pritchard (MP)

John Pritchard (1797 – 19 August 1891) was an English lawyer, banker and Conservative Party politician from Broseley (and later Stanmore), near Bridgnorth in Shropshire.

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John Russell (collier)

John Russell (c.1788 – 1 March 1873)Although some sources give his date of birth as 1796, in Worcestershire, census records from 1851, 1861 and 1871 all give his place of birth as Broseley, Shropshire, in about 1788.

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John Wilkinson (industrialist)

John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson (1728 – 14 July 1808) was an English industrialist who pioneered the manufacture of cast iron and the use of cast-iron goods during the Industrial Revolution.

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Leroy Watson (archer)

Leroy Denver Watson (born 6 July 1966 in Broseley, Shropshire, Great Britain) is a British archer who was a member of the British squad that won the team bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

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Listed buildings in Broseley

Broseley is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)

Ludlow was a constituency in Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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Madeley, Shropshire

Madeley is a constituent town of Telford and a civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. Broseley and Madeley, Shropshire are civil parishes in Shropshire, Ironbridge Gorge and towns in Shropshire.

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Market town

A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city.

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Much Wenlock

Much Wenlock is a market town and parish in Shropshire, England; it is situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Broseley and Much Wenlock are civil parishes in Shropshire, market towns in Shropshire and towns in Shropshire.

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Munslow (hundred)

Munslow is a hundred of Shropshire, England.

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Napalm Death

Napalm Death are an English grindcore band formed in Meriden, West Midlands in 1981.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Osborne Gordon

Osborne Gordon (1813–1883) was an English cleric and academic, known as an influential tutor at Christ Church, Oxford.

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Parish council (England)

A parish council is a civil local authority found in England, which is the lowest tier of local government.

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Peter Onions

Peter Onions (1724 – 1798) was an English ironmaster and the inventor of an early puddling process used for the refining of pig iron into wrought iron.

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Phil Beer

Phil Beer (born 12 May 1953) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and one half of English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.

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Richard I of England

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Quor de Lion) or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren), at long, is the longest river in Great Britain. Broseley and river Severn are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Robert William Eyton

Robert William Eyton (21 December 1815 – 8 September 1881) was an English Church of England clergyman who was author of The Antiquities of Shropshire.

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Rowland Hunt

Rowland Hunt (13 March 1858 – 30 November 1943) was an English politician.

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Sam Aiston

Samuel James Aiston (born 21 November 1976) is an English former professional footballer.

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Shane Embury

Shane Thomas Embury (born 27 November 1967) is a British musician, who is widely known as bassist and primary songwriter of the grindcore and death metal band Napalm Death since 1987—the longest-serving member of the band.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.

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Shropshire (district)

Shropshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England.

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Shropshire Council

Shropshire Council, known between 1980 and 2009 as Shropshire County Council and prior to 1980 as Salop County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire in the West Midlands region of England.

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Shropshire Star

The Shropshire Star is reputedly the twelfth biggest-selling regional newspaper in the UK.

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Signal 107

Signal 107 was a British Independent Local Radio station serving Wolverhampton and surrounding areas, Telford and Wrekin, Shrewsbury, Oswestry in north and central Shropshire and Kidderminster, Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley in north Worcestershire.

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South Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Shropshire is a county constituency in Shropshire.

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Stanley Baldwin

Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, (3 August 186714 December 1947) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Steve Knightley

Steve Knightley (born 1954) is an English singer, songwriter and acoustic musician.

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Stourport-on-Severn

Stourport-on-Severn, often shortened to Stourport, is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of North Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the south of Kidderminster and downstream on the River Severn from Bewdley.

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Telford

Telford is a town in Shropshire, England. Broseley and Telford are towns in Shropshire.

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The Iron Bridge

The Iron Bridge is a cast iron arch bridge that crosses the River Severn in Shropshire, England. Broseley and the Iron Bridge are Ironbridge Gorge.

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The Wrekin transmitting station

The Wrekin transmitting station is a telecommunications and broadcasting facility on The Wrekin, a hill in the county of Shropshire, England.

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Thomas Rutter

Thomas Rutter (1660 – March 12, 1730) was an American ironmaster and abolitionist who constructed the first blast furnace and the first iron forge in the Province of Pennsylvania.

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Thomas Salter Pyne

Sir Thomas Salter Pyne (1860–1921) was a British engineer based in Afghanistan.

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Tile

Tiles are usually thin, square or rectangular coverings manufactured from hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass.

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Tom Hingley

Thomas William Hingley (born 9 July 1965) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of Inspiral Carpets.

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The unitary authorities of England are a type of local authority responsible for all local government services in an area.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broseley

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See also

Ironbridge Gorge

Market towns in Shropshire

Towns in Shropshire

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