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Ironbridge is a riverside village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. Located on the bank of the River Severn, at the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge, it lies in the civil parish of The Gorge. Ironbridge developed beside, and takes its name from, The Iron Bridge, a 100-foot (30 m) cast iron bridge that was built in 1779.
Ironbridge is a village in Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England. It is located within the wider Ironbridge Gorge and is known for the Iron Bridge.
The Gorge is a civil parish within the borough of Telford and Wrekin and the ceremonial county of Shropshire.It covers the part of Ironbridge Gorge that falls within the Telford and Wrekin Council Unitary Authority area and includes the settlements of Coalbrookdale, Coalport, Ironbridge, Jackfield and Lightmoor, but not Buildwas or Broseley which are in the Shropshire Council Unitary Authority ...
The Tuckies is a hamlet in the eastern part of Jackfield, lying on the south bank of the River Severn, in the Ironbridge Gorge, and opposite the village of Coalport.The purpose of this article is to capture its historical importance during the industrial revolution and provide links to the people and culture that once thrived here.
From this, Coalbrookdale Ironworks developed and a number of buildings associated with it are listed. The iron for The Iron Bridge at Ironbridge, the first major bridge in the world to be built from cast iron in 1777–80, was smelted at Coalbrookdale, to be followed soon by Coalport Bridge in 1780; both bridges are listed. [1]
Blists Hill Victorian Town is an open-air museum built on a former industrial complex located in Madeley, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. The museum attempts to recreate the sights, sounds and smells of a Victorian Shropshire town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is one of ten museums operated by the Ironbridge Gorge ...
Coalbrookdale is a town [1] [2] in the Ironbridge Gorge and the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, containing a settlement of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting. It lies within the civil parish called the Gorge .
Inside the Tar Tunnel. The Tar Tunnel is an abandoned tunnel located on the north bank of the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge at Coalport, England.It is one of ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums attractions administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.