The Iron Trade in England and Wales 1500-1815: the charcoal iron industry and its transition to coke: PhD Thesis, Wolverhampton University (2003)

This thesis presents some of the conclusions of a much larger research programme into the history of the iron industry in England and Wales. Throughout most of the period with which it is concerned (1500-1815), England and Wales were politically and economically united, and need to be treated as whole. Accordingly references in this thesis to England and the adjective (English) often include Wales.