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Spring Village, Shropshire
Horsehay is a suburban village on the western outskirts of Dawley in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England. Horsehay lies in the Dawley Hamlets parish, and on the northern edge of the Ironbridge Gorge area. Horsehay used to have four pubs, The Station Inn, The Forester Arms, the All Labour In Vain and the Travellers Joy, however The Station Inn closed down in 2012, and the All Labour In Vain closed in 2014. It also has a Methodism, Methodist Chapel, a village hall, a post office, and a golf course complete with restaurant. Etymology The rough meaning of its name is 'an enclosure for horses', as ''hay'' is usually added to place names to indicate an enclosure of some sort. The origin of the name dates back to no earlier then 1759. and as late as 1981 it was reportedly pronounced "Ossay" in local dialect. History Originally Horsehay was nothing more than a farm, until the 1750s when Abraham Darby II built a blast furnace next to what is now known as Horsehay Poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawley Hamlets
Dawley Hamlets is a civil parish in the Telford and Wrekin district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. The parish covers Horsehay, Doseley, Little Dawley (also traditionally known as Dawley Parva), Lightmoor and Aqueduct, Shropshire, Aqueduct. In 2021 the parish had a population of 8,008. The parish was formed on 1 April 1988. The name Dawley comes from Old English meaning ''woodland clearing associated with a man called Dealla''. See also * Listed buildings in Dawley Hamlets * William Ball (Shropshire Giant), buried at St Luke's Church, Doseley References Dawley Hamlets, Civil parishes in Shropshire Telford and Wrekin {{Shropshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a transitional period of the global economy toward more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes, succeeding the Second Agricultural Revolution. Beginning in Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain around 1760, the Industrial Revolution had spread to continental Europe and the United States by about 1840. This transition included going from craft production, hand production methods to machines; new Chemical industry, chemical manufacturing and Puddling (metallurgy), iron production processes; the increasing use of Hydropower, water power and Steam engine, steam power; the development of machine tools; and rise of the mechanisation, mechanised factory system. Output greatly increased, and the result was an unprecedented rise in population and population growth. The textile industry was the first to use modern production methods, and textiles b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
