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James Foster (ironmaster)

Index James Foster (ironmaster)

James Foster (9 May 1786 – 12 April 1853) was a prominent Worcestershire ironmaster, coalmaster and senior partner in the important iron company of John Bradley & Co, Stourbridge, which was founded by his elder half-brother but greatly enlarged under his direction. [1]

38 relations: Black Country, Blast furnace, Bridgnorth (UK Parliament constituency), Delaware and Hudson Railway, Foster, Rastrick and Company, Hadley, Shropshire, High Sheriff of Worcestershire, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, Improvement commissioners, Ironbridge, Ironmaster, John Bradley & Co, John Bradley (ironmaster), John Urpeth Rastrick, Madeley Court, National Railway Museum, Oldswinford, Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, Pennsylvania, Pig iron, Puddling (metallurgy), Robert Smirke (architect), Sir Robert Pigot, 4th Baronet, Smithsonian Institution, Stourbridge, Stourbridge and Kidderminster Bank, Stourton, Staffordshire, Thomas Charlton Whitmore, Thomas Whitmore (1782–1846), West Indies, Whigs (British political party), William Congreve Russell, William Orme Foster, William Wolryche-Whitmore, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire, Wrought iron, York.

Black Country

The Black Country is a region of the West Midlands in England, west of Birmingham, and commonly refers to all or part of the four Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

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Blast furnace

A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper.

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Bridgnorth (UK Parliament constituency)

Bridgnorth was a parliamentary borough in Shropshire which was represented in the House of Commons of England from 1295 until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until its abolition in 1885.

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Delaware and Hudson Railway

The Delaware and Hudson Railway (D&H) is a railroad that operates in the northeastern United States.

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Foster, Rastrick and Company

Foster, Rastrick and Company was one of the pioneering steam locomotive manufacturing companies of England.

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Hadley, Shropshire

Hadley is a part of the new town of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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High Sheriff of Worcestershire

This is a list of sheriffs and since 1998 high sheriffs of Worcestershire.

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Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Honesdale is a borough in and the county seat of Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

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Improvement commissioners

Boards of improvement commissioners were ad hoc urban local government boards created during the 18th and 19th centuries in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its predecessors the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.

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Ironbridge

Ironbridge is a town on the River Severn, at the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England.

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Ironmaster

An ironmaster is the manager, and usually owner, of a forge or blast furnace for the processing of iron.

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John Bradley & Co

John Bradley & Co was a company established in 1800 by John Bradley at Stourbridge in the West Midlands area of England.

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John Bradley (ironmaster)

John Bradley (1769-1816) was an English industrialist from the town of Stourbridge who founded the family firm John Bradley & Co in the year 1800.

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John Urpeth Rastrick

John Urpeth Rastrick (26 January 1780 – 1 November 1856) was one of the first English steam locomotive builders.

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Madeley Court

Madeley Court is a 16th-century country house in Madeley, Shropshire, England which was originally built as a grange to the medieval Wenlock Priory.

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National Railway Museum

The National Railway Museum (NRM) is a museum in York forming part of the British Science Museum Group of National Museums and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society.

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Oldswinford

The name Oldswinford is now used for a small area of Stourbridge, close to the parish church.

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Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway

The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OW&WR) was a railway company in England.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pig iron

Pig iron is an intermediate product of the iron industry.

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Puddling (metallurgy)

Puddling was one step in one of the most important processes of making the first appreciable volumes of high-grade bar iron (malleable wrought iron) during the Industrial Revolution.

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Robert Smirke (architect)

Sir Robert Smirke (1 October 1780 – 18 April 1867) was an English architect, one of the leaders of Greek Revival architecture, though he also used other architectural styles.

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Sir Robert Pigot, 4th Baronet

Sir Robert Pigot, 4th Baronet (3 November 1801 – 1 June 1891), was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1832 and 1853.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.

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Stourbridge

Stourbridge is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands county of England.

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Stourbridge and Kidderminster Bank

The Stourbridge and Kidderminster Bank operated in England from 1834 to 1880.

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Stourton, Staffordshire

Stourton pronounced ‘Storton’ is a hamlet in Staffordshire, England a few miles to the northwest of Stourbridge.

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Thomas Charlton Whitmore

Thomas Charlton Whitmore (5 January 1807 – 13 March 1865) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1852.

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Thomas Whitmore (1782–1846)

Thomas Whitmore (16 November 1782 – 6 February 1846) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1806 to 1831.

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West Indies

The West Indies or the Caribbean Basin is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean that includes the island countries and surrounding waters of three major archipelagoes: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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Whigs (British political party)

The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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William Congreve Russell

William Congreve Russell (15 April 1778 – 1850) was a Whig politician in England.

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William Orme Foster

William Orme Foster (29 October 1814 – 29 September 1899) was an English ironmaster, coalmaster and owner of the large industrial firm John Bradley & Co, which he inherited from his uncle, James Foster in 1853.

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William Wolryche-Whitmore

William Wolryche-Whitmore (16 September 1787 – 11 August 1858) was a Shropshire landowner and British Whig politician.

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Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

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Worcestershire

Worcestershire (written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England.

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Wrought iron

puddled iron, a form of wrought iron Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon (less than 0.08%) content in contrast to cast iron (2.1% to 4%).

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York

York is a historic walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Foster_(ironmaster)

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