Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 173,091 pages of information and 249,766 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Alfred Edmund William Darby

From Graces Guide

1850 Born in Astley Abbots, Shropshire, son of Alfred Darby

1851 Alfred Darby 43, iron master and farmer employing 19 labourers, lived in Astley Abbots with Rebecca Darby 30, Edmund William Darby 7 Months[1]

1886 A. E. W. Darby became chairman of the Coalbrookdale Co

During his time, new foundries and workshops were built at Dale End (1901) and over the Lower furnace pool (c.1903).

1925 A. E. W. Darby retired. He was the last Darby to be connected with the firm.

1926 Died

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Sources of Information

  1. 1851 census