Jeremy,
From my database - sorry that I was heavily biased to iron when I recorded this.
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Byfleet Mill TQ 073 607
Potter J.F 1982. Industrial Archaeology Review. 6 (3) p211-223.
Notes
Ind Arch Rev 1982:- The first documented reference to iron manufacture in 1712
which states that Thomas Wethered held a lease on the mill in 1703 which had
been converted into brass and iron-working for making iron hoops and other
things.
The Bristol brass company took over the mill. The mill was converted back to its
original use 1806/07. The mill was still standing in 1982 with a substantial
quantity
of fused cinder and a small amount of iron forge slag visible in the vicinity.
The author estimates that production of iron artefacts was limited and there was
no evidence of iron smelting.
I am sure that I have come across some more recent work on this site, but that
has not go into the database yet.
If anybody has any copper sheet or ship pins that can securely be dated to this
period, I like to know. As we need material to compare with shipwreck pins from
off the Isle of Wight.
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Chris Salter,
Electron Microscopy and MicroAnalysis Group,
Department of Materials, Begbroke Business and Science Park,
Sandy Lane, Yarnton, Oxford, OX5 1PF
Tel 01865 283722, EPMA 283741, Mobile 07776031608
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