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BUTTERLEY, a seat of iron-works, 2½ miles S of Alfreton, in Derbyshire. The works were begun in 1792; they lie amid a rich tract of coal and lime; they soon began to employ about 1,500 men, and to make magnificent castings; and they possess ready means of transport by railway and canal.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a seat of iron-works" (ADL Feature Type: "industrial sites") |
| Administrative units: | Derbyshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Butterley |
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