Willey, Shropshire

Willey is a small village south west of the town of Broseley, Shropshire, England, within the civil parish of Barrow. It is made up of about 4 farms and the majority of land is owned and leased by the Forrester family. Willey also sports a proud cricket team like many small villages around the United Kingdom.

The village was the site of one of John Wilkinson's ironworks in the 18th century.[1] The world's first iron boat, a barge, was built there in 1787.[2]

References

  1. ^ Singer, Charles Joseph; Trevor Illtyd Williams (1984). A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850. Clarendon Press. p. 104. 
  2. ^ Dennis, William Herbert (1967). Foundations of iron and steel metallurgy. Elsevier. p. 35. 

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