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Offline lambkin

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IRON FOUNDRIES IN WINLATON AREA
« on: Sunday 29 January 06 23:09 GMT (UK) »
One of my ancestors was a nail maker in the Winlaton area in 1851 aged 42 how can I find out more about the place he would have worked?
Buckney
Siddoway Durham/ Northumberland
Odell Stevington
Joy Kempston
Gilby Wellingborough
Brown Winlaton
Urwin Durham/ Northumberland
Poole Bedfordshire
Tompkins Stagsden Bed's
Vaughan Monkton Pembrokeshire
Buckney Angle Village Pembrokeshire
Grimes Langwm Pembrokeshire

Dudley Bedfordshire pre 1580

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Re: IRON FOUNDRIES IN WINLATON AREA
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 29 January 06 23:31 GMT (UK) »
Hi Lambkin,
                     Use your search engine. Put in Winlaton and/or
Winlaton nails and you will get lots of sites dealing with Winlaton,the
area and the industries. Also experiment with variations.
Tomkin

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Re: IRON FOUNDRIES IN WINLATON AREA
« Reply #2 on: Friday 03 February 06 18:56 GMT (UK) »
There's a forge there  that is still there and is open on heritage open days each september. From meory it made nails.
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