| Description | Addressed to Mr Allison from H.E.Baker, this letter discusses several topics pertaining to information available regarding the early days of the Holmes Works namely that, it was thought that the Shrewsbury Works consisted of a furnace, the product of which then went to Attercliffe, however some recent discovered papers show that in 1683 the Earl of Pembroke owned and worked the Jordan Dam and the ironworks at Kimberworth. Further information is provided that touches upon half a sow at Wortley Upper Forge, Thomas Andrews, Banks Furnace, Samples taken from sites for analysis, Cawthorne, Helmsley Castle, and finally a request on where to find analyses of cold blast iron of the pre-lime days. |