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Speaker: Colin Merrony

The Premonstratensian monastic Order were relatively late arrivals into medieval England. One result of this is that they struggled to develop large agricultural estates and focused a lot of their economic effort on industry. The choices made by monasteries in the north Midlands and southern Yorkshire had a significant effect on the development of late medieval iron working in the area. This talk will consider the archaeological evidence for iron working related to the abbeys of Beauchief and Dale and how decisions made in the 13th century changed the geography of industry in this area in ways which still affect us today.

Organised by the Archaeological Research Group