Iron Making in the Olden Times / as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean

by H. G. Nicholls

“A Cottage adjoininge.

“A Cabbyne for the bridge-server, covered with boards, built by them about a yeare since, 3 tonns, 18^ft longe, 11 broad, valued at 5^lb.

“A Cabbyne adjoining to the Furnace for the Furnace Keeper, about a Tonn, built by the Farmers, and valued at 2^lb.

“A Faire Howse, the ends stone built, the rest with Timber 50 foot longe, 16 broad; in it is a crosse building ? stories heigh, in repaire, tiled, built before the Farmers now granted, with stables belonging, of tymber.

“A smale cottage, now William Wayt’s.

“A myne kylne, the inside in decay, the piggs of iron taken out of the draught thereof, the repaire will cost 2lb.

“Tymber in doeinge of )

) 150 tonnes, VI^s VIIId the tonne.

the saied worke )

“Implem^nts.—1 p^r bellowes open with the furniture of iron thereto belonging, defective in the lethers, valued at 13^lb 6s 8d, the repaire will cost 10^lb.; 2 buckstaves, 1 dam-plate, 2 cinder plats, 1 tuiron plate, 1 plackett, 1 gadge, 1 tuiron hoocke, 1 dam hoocke or stopinge hoocke, 4 iron shovells, 9 ringers, 6 cole baskets, 2 wheel barrows, 2 myne hammers, 1 coale rake, 2 cinder raks, 1 great sledge, 1 ringer hammer, 1 constable, 1 shammell plate, 6 iron cambs.