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G188 - Records of the Horseley-Piggott Group

Located At	Staffordshire Record Office
Level	Item
Doc Ref No	D6292/1
Title	Plan of the Horsley Estate, Tipton, the property of Messrs Dixon, Amphlett & Bedford
Date	1823
Description	Centred on Horsley Ironworks, also showing Horsley House and park. Land coloured pink shows land sold off, particularly to Samuel Mills (Birmingham Coal Co.); all watercourses and pools coloured blue, including the branch of the Birmingham Canal; the fault line for the coal mine is also indicated. Various buildings are identified, including churches, school, poor house, tavern and windmill. Schedule of land relates to the Horsley Iron Co., and Birmingham Coal Co., including details of the industrial buildings for both companies, and other various tenants Surveyed 1822 by William Fowler Copied 1823 by Charles Grazebrook Coloured 65cm x 84cm
Related Material	This plan complements the business collection of Horseley Bridge & Thomas Piggott, engineers of Tipton, which is held at Staffordshire Record Office. See also large-scale plan of the ironworks, 3669/2.