Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge Community Centre, 2 Wellington Road, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, TF8 7DX
09:30 for 10:00 a.m. on Saturday 19th May 2012
The venue will appeal to everyone who has an interest in research around the time of the Industrial Revolution, 18th to 19th century.
We shall have a selection of speakers specialising in surnames or population movement around this time period.
Programme
09:30 - 10:00
Arrival: Registration and Coffee
10:00 - 10:10
Welcome by seminar organiser Alan Moorhouse
10:10 - 11:10
John Powell: Ironbridge - Birthplace of Industry
11:15 - 12:15
Richard Churchley: Industry in the countryside 1550-1850 - Occupations in villages and market towns before the railway age
12:20 - 13:20
Buffet lunch, opportunity to talk and see displays
13:20 - 14:20
Rhys Griffith: Sources for Industrial Change (with particular reference to Herefordshire)
14:20 - 15:20
Peter Park: The Piecer's Twopence
15:20 - 15:45
Tea and break
15:45 - 16:45
Anne Cole: Population Movement - Settlement and Removal
16:45 - 17:00
Wrap up and Close of Seminar
We regret that booking for the seminar has now closed.
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