Talk:Wealden iron industry

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[edit] Categorisation

I would disagree that this article is of low importance: the iron industry was formerly a regionally important one and (in respect of cannon) of national importance. However the present article is (as tagged) a poor one. I will try to improve it sometime. Peterkingiron 17:05, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Promised expansion undertaken. Peterkingiron 14:41, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Research source

I found this, which looks to have some useful material. Mjroots (talk) 14:40, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Samuel Smiles wrote long after the Wealden iron industry was extinct. Anything good that he discovered on the subject has long been overtaken by detailed archival research incorporated into the works by Staker and by Cleere and Crossley, cited as main sources. I would strongly recommend that Smiles shold NOT be cited. Peterkingiron (talk) 22:36, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

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