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Note on the Coal Raised and Iron made in 1858 in South Staffordshire. By Robert Hunt, F.R.S., Keeper of Mining Records.

The quantity of Coal raised in South Staffordshire was 4,995,780 tons; the present value of which may be regarded as 1,248,945l. sterling.

The quantity of coal required for calcining and for smelting the iron ore is at the rate of about three tons of coal for one ton of iron, or about 1,793,427 tons were employed in 1858 for that purpose. This is exclusive of the coal required for the manufacture of bar iron, &c.

The quantity of ironstone raised from the South Staffordshire coal measures, was about 959,000 tons; the average production of iron from this ironstone ore being about 33 per cent.

In addition to this ore, the following and some other ironstones were consumed in South Staffordshire:—

From North Staffordshire:— Tons.
Sent by railway, iron ore, calcined 76,367
Sent by railway iorn ore uncalcined 5,797.
Sent by canal iorn ore calcined 135,861
Sent by canal iorn ore uncalcined - - 79,327
From Lancashire and Cumberland, about 30,000
From Forest of Dean, about 13,000
From Northamptonshire and other places, about 50,000
  400,352

The quantity of pig iron made in South Staffordshire for the last three years has been as follows:—

1856. 1857. 1858.
Tons. Tons. Tons.
777,171 657,295 597,809

The number of furnaces built and in blast is given in the first table; the number of mills and forges in the second.



The Number of Iron Furnaces in Blast in South Staffordshire
and Worcestershire, 147.
No. Names of Works. Owners, Furnaces
built.
Furnaces
in blast.
Furnaces
in blast in
District.
1 Bentley Heath Riley and Co. 3 0
2 Birchills, New, Walsall Henry Smith 5[1] 3
3 Birchills, Old Walsall F.C. Perry 2 2
4 Bloxwich, Green Lanes, Walsall. T. and C. Highway 2 2
5 Bovereux, Bilston Wm. Baldwin and Co. 2 1
6 Brettell Lane Bilston Hall, Holcroft, and Pearson 2 2
7 BroadwatersBilston S. Groucutt and Sons 3 3
8 Brook Bilston G. H. and A. Hickman 3 2
9 Caponfield Bilston John Bagnall and Sons 3 3
10 Chillington Chillington Iron Company 4[2] 3
11 Coneygree,Tipton Lord Ward 3 2
12 Corbyns Hall, Dudley Wm. Matthews and Co. 4 3
13 Corbyns Hall New, Dudley. B. Gibbons 4 2
14 Coseley, Bilston Jos. and Thomas Turley 2 2
15 Crook Hay Geo. Thompson and Co. 4 2
16 Darlaston Green Samuel Mills 3 3
17 Deepfields, Bilston Benton and Pemberton 3 1
18 Dixon's Green, Dudley W. Haden 1 1
19 Dudley Port Hopkins and Son 2 2
20 Dudley Wood New British Iron Co. 4 4
21 Ettingshall, Bilston T. Banks and Son 2 1
22 Gold Hill, West Bromwich John Bagnall and Sons 3 3
23 Hallfields B. Gibbon, jun. 1 1
24 Hatherton Highway, Brothers 2 2
25 Herbert's Park, Bilston David Jones 1 1
26 Horseley, Tipton Colburn and Sons 4 3
27 Ketley's, Dudley B. Gibbons 3 3
28 Lays, Stourbridge W. and G. Firmstone 3 3
29 Level, New, Brierley Hill Lord Ward 3 3
30 Level Old, Brierley Hill Hall. Holcroft, and Pearson 2 1
31 Millfield. Bilston B. Gibbon, jun., and Co. 3 3
32 Moseley Hall, Wolverhampton Chillington Company 3 3
33 Netherton N. Hingley and Sons 2 2
34 Netherton M. and W. Grazebrook 2[3] 2
  Carried forward   93 74
35 New Furnaces, Bilston S. H. Blackwell and Co. 5 4
36 Oak Farm, Dudley Oakfarm Furnace Company 2 2
37 Oldbury William Bennit 4 4
38 Old Hill, Dudley T. and J. Badger 2 1
39 Old Park Lloyds, Foster, and Co. 3 3
40 Osier Bed W. H. Sparrow and Co. 3 3
41 Park Head Evers and Martin 2 2
42 Parkfield Parkfield Iron Company[4] 5 4
43 Park Lane, Tipton Thomas Morris 2 1
44 Pelsall Davies and Bloomer 2 2
45 Priestfield W.M. Ward and Sons 3 3
46 Priors Field H. B. Whitehouse 3[5] 3
47 Rough Hay, Darlaston Addenbroke, Smith, and Pidcock. 2 2
48 Russell's Hall, Dudley S. H. Blackwell and Co. 5
49 Shut End, Stourbridge John Bradley and Co. 4 3
50 Spring Vale, Bilston Jones and Murcott 3
51 Stone Field G. H. and A. Hickman 1 1
52 Stour Valley B. Richards 2 0
53 Stow Heath W. H. Sparrow and Co. 5 4
54 Tipton E. Creswell and Sons 2 2
55 Tipton Green Gibbons and Robert 4 4
56 Toll End, Tipton Toll End Company 2 0
57 Union Phillip Williams and Company. 3 3
58 Wednesbury Oak Ditto 3 2
59 Willinghall Fletcher, Solly, and Urwick 3 2
60 Wellingsworth Haines and Company 3 3
61 Windmill End Woodall and Smith 3 2
62 Withymoor W. Dawes 2 2
63 Wolverhampton Edward Poole and Co. 3 2
64 Woodside Cochrane and Company 3 2
    Total 182 147  
Mills and Forces in South Staffordshire District, with the Number of Puppling Furnaces.
1 Jno. Bradley and Co Stourbridge Works Stourbridge 23
2 Ditto Brierley Works Kingswinford 38
3 Ditto Shut End Ditto 34 = 95
4 Jno. Bagnall and Son Imperial Works Wednesbury 26
5 Ditto Lee Brook Ditto 28
6 Ditto Gold's Hill Tipton 31 = 85
7 G.B. Thorneycroft and Co. Shrubbery Works Wolverhampton 40
8 Ditto Swan Gardens Ditto 30 = 70
9 Barrows and Hall Bloomfield Works Tipton 56
10 Ditto Factory Works Ditto 22
11 Ditto Tipton Green Ditto 11 = 89
12 Chillington Iron Company Chillington Works Wolverhampton 56
13 Chillington Iron Company Lee Brook Wednesbury 23
14 Ditto Bradley Bilston 14
15 Ditto Capponfield Ditto 16 = 109
16 Walter Williams Albion Works West Bromwich 50
17 Ditto Great Bridge Tipton 12 = 62
18 British Iron Company Corngreaves Dudley 56
19 Ditto Brierley Hill Ditto 18 = 74
20 Jones and Murcott Spring Vale Bilston     68
21 John Dawes and Son Bromford Works Oldbury     51
22 W. and J. Sparrow and Co. Osier Bed Wolverhampton 26
23 Ditto Bilston Works Bilston 32 = 58
24 Phillip Williams and Sons Wednesbury Oak Tipton     32
25 J. Walker and Co. Patent Shaft Company. Wednesbury     48
26 Lord Ward Round Oak Brierley Hills     45
27 Corbyn's Hall Iron Company Corbyn's Hall Works. Kingswinford     40
28 Brothers Solly Lee Brook Wedensbury 25
29 Ditto Great Bridge Ditto 18 = 43
30 W. Riley and Son Highfield Works Bilston     26
31 Rose, Higgins, and Rose Bradley Works Ditto     33
32 Browning and Jackson Deepfields Works Ditto     10
33 Brown and Frere The Lays Dudley 28
34 Ditto The New Lays Ditto 10 = 38
35 J. and E. Walker Old Church and Gospel Oak. Tipton     27
36 Atlas Iron Company Atlas Works West Bromwich     13
37 Sir S. Glyn, Bart. Oak Farm Kingswinford     38
38 R. Jeffries Hart's Hill Works Brierley Hill     30
39 E. Cresswell and Sons Tipton Works Tipton 20
40 Ditto Moxley Works Wednesbury 10 = 30
41 Thomas Wells Moxley Ditto     25
42 Hickman and Co. Groveland Works Tipton 18
43 Ditto Stonefield Bilston 10 = 28
44 Davis and Bloomer Pelsall Works Walsall 12
45 Ditto Gold's Hill Tipton 11
46 Ditto Greet's Green West Bromwich 20 = 43
47 David Jones Herbert's Park Darlaston 15
48 Ditto Bilston Brook Bilston 8 = 23
49 Plant and Fisher Dudley Port Works Tipton     20
50 E. Page and Sons Roway Works West Bromwich     23
51 S. Mills The Green Ironworks. Darlaston     2
52 Lee and Bolton The Hyde Works Stourbridge     21
53 S. Groucutt and Sons Bankfield Works Bilston     20
54 Fletcher, Rose, and Co. Albert Works Moxley     21
55 Daniel Rose Bull's Bridge Ditto     10
56 Wm. Rose Batman's Hill Bilston     10
57 Wright and North Monmore Green Wolverhampton     11
58 Isaac Jenks Minerva Works Ditto     13
59 Hall, Holcroft, and Pearson The Level Brierley Hill     17
60 Budd and Co. Tividale Ironworks Tipton 9
61 Ditto Brockmoor Works Dudley 6   15
62 Thomas Silvester and Son Spon Lane West Bromwich     12
63 Beasley and Farmer District Forge Smethwick     20
64 Millington and Co. Summer Hill Tipton     15
65 F. Giles and Co. Dudley Port Works Ditto     14
66 Badger and Co. Ditto Ditto     14
67 Evers and Sons Cradley Works Dudley     17
68 N. Hingley and Sons Netherton Works Ditto     15
69 John Wheeley and Co. Brettel Lane Stourbridge     16
70 Corkley Iron Company Corkley Kidderminster     12
71 Lloyds, Foster and Co. Old Park Wednesbury 12
72 Ditto King's Hill Ditto 6 = 18
73 Deaken and Dodd Monmer Lane Ironworks Willenhall     11
74 Eagle Coal and Iron Company. Greet's Green West Bromwich     14
75 J. Whitehouse Ridge Acre Ditto     19
76 Crange and Holden Great Bridge Ditto     10
77 John Stones and Son The Grove Smethwick     10
78 Granager and Powers   Ditto     10
79 Keep and Watkin Swin Works Stourbridge     13
80 Geo. Thompson and Co. Crook Hay Works West Bromwich     18
81 Gilpin and Sons Wedge's Mills Walsall     6
82 J. Marshall Monway Works Wednesbury     6
83 Johnson and Co. Church Lane West Bromwich     7
84 Bissell, Kay, and Bissell Hill Top Ditto     10
85 Hipkins and Co. Great Bridge Ditto     5
86 J. Gregory Spon Lane Ditto     6
87 Hartland and Co. Smethwick Ditto     8
88 Wm. Marshall   Ditto     3
89 J. Hodgetts   Ditto     3
90 Wm. Morris   Tipton     4
91 J. Haines and Co. Sheep Wash Ditto     10
92 Hunt and Sons Brade's Works Oldbury     8
93 E. B. Whitehead   Tipton     9
94 Wm. Baldwin and Co. Bovereux Works Bilston     6
95 Wm. Banks Ettingshall Works Ditto     11
96 Thompson and Burford Bradley Hall Works Ditto     10
97 Hampton and Brereton Pot House Bridge Works. Ditto     7
98 Baldwin and Co. Horseley Fields Works. Wolverhampton     3
99 Whittington Company Whittington Works Stourbridge     5
100 Banks and Morgan Broadwaters Kidderminster     5
101 Baldwin Brothers Wildon Works Ditto     5
102 Edmund Page   Smethwick     12
  Total         1,945

The number of collieries enumerated in the Mineral Statistics for 1858 is 415 in this coal-field. Each of these collieries will have at least two shafts, and many of them more.



  1. 4 furnaces were in blast for a short time. The average of the year was 3 furnaces.
  2. During a portion of the year the Chillington Company had 4 furnaces in blast.
  3. These furnaces are entirely cold blast.
  4. 3 furnaces in blast for 3 months, and 4 for 9 months.
  5. 2 only in blast one half the year.