Horseley Ironworks

The Horseley Ironworks was a major ironworks in the area in the county of , now the , .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Memorial
  • Also known as: “Blue Plaque: Horseley Ironworks”
  • Inscription: “Near this spot from 1809 to 1865 stood the Horseley Ironworks where the world’s first iron steamship Aaron Manby was constructed in 1822.”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Workhouse and Tipton railway station.

Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
In Britain and Ireland, a was a total institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment. is situated 1,600 feet south of Horseley Ironworks.

Railway station
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is located in the industrial town of in the borough of , , and was known as Tipton Owen Street until 1968. is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Horseley Ironworks.

Doctor’s office
Photo: Andy Mabbett, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a doctor’s office, which is situated 1,900 feet north of Horseley Ironworks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Great Bridge and Tipton.

Suburb
is a historic village and district of in the in the metropolitan county of the , England. It is situated near the towns of , and .

Town
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough that spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands, including Bearwood, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, , Tividale, Wednesbury, .

Suburb
is a village near in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, , England. It was first developed during the early part of the 19th century when a handful of terraced houses were built to accommodate locals working in factories and mines and the area was created in 1845 out of land from , and .

Horseley Ironworks

Latitude
52.53583° or 52° 32′ 9″ north
Longitude
-2.04951° or 2° 2′ 58″ west
Inception
April 29th, 2022
Open location code
9C4VGXP2+85
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12424548511
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q5905815
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Highlights include Joseph Turner Primary School and Black Country Millennium Forest.

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