Coalport China Museum
Coalport China Museum is one of the ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums and was the site of the former Coalport China Factory. Now a wonderful Museum filled with some of the finest examples of the company's work.
A Look Into... | Coalport China museum
At Ironbridge I visited the China museum. It was my favorite museum because of my love for art and design. It was fantastic to be able to get to watch the artists there work on there projects, you could see closely the amount of detail that goes into each piece. I got a lot of footage and pictures so I compiled them into a video, unfortunately I didn't get any of them working because I was busy watching them instead.
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Coalport Ironbridge Gorge
A short video from the outside of the coal port near the famous Ironbridge in Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire, England.
Ironbridge Part 1
Join Teresa as she continues with her brainwave of a project, which is to visit the places featured in a book called A History of England in 100 Places, written by John Julius Norwich. Simply because she can't think of where to go in that camper of hers! But this little project is taking her places she wouldn't dream of visiting ... like Ironbridge!
Places to see in ( Ironbridge - UK )
Places to see in ( Ironbridge - UK )
Ironbridge is a village on the River Severn, at the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England. It lies in the civil parish of The Gorge, in the borough of Telford and Wrekin. Ironbridge developed beside, and takes its name from, the famous Iron Bridge, a 30-metre (100 ft) cast iron bridge that was built across the river in 1779.
The area around Ironbridge is described by those promoting it as a tourist destination as the Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. This description is based on the idea that Abraham Darby perfected the technique of smelting iron with coke, in Coalbrookdale, allowing much cheaper production of iron. However, the industrial revolution did not begin in one place, but in many.
Darby's iron smelting was but one small part of this generalised revolution and was soon superseded by the great iron-smelting areas. However, the bridge – being the first of its kind fabricated from cast iron, and one of the few which have survived to the present day – remains an important symbol representative of the dawn of the industrial age.
By the 19th century, Ironbridge had had many well-known visitors, including Benjamin Disraeli, but by the mid-20th century the settlements and industries of the gorge were in decline. In 1986, though, Ironbridge became part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (which covers the wider Ironbridge Gorge area) and has become a major tourist attraction within Shropshire. Most industries in Ironbridge are now tourist-related; however, the Merrythought teddy bear company (established in 1930) is still manufacturing in Ironbridge and has a small museum there too. Amongst other things, the village is still host to a Post Office, pharmacy, various pubs, cafés and many successful small shops.
On Thursday 10 July 2003 The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh made a visit to Shropshire which included a visit to Ironbridge, and a walk over the bridge itself. An annual Coracle Regatta is held in August on the River Severn at Ironbridge, along with many other events throughout the year. This is mainly because the coracle-making family of Rogers lived in Ironbridge for several generations. Just outside Ironbridge in Coalbrookdale is the Ironbridge Institute, a partnership between the University of Birmingham and the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust offering postgraduate and professional development in heritage.
( Ironbridge - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Ironbridge . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Ironbridge - UK
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UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE - Ironbridge - Coalport - Coalbrookdale round
Our video is a guided walk In the World Heritage Site of Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire. The walk starts in Ironbridge going over the famous Iron Bridge along the side of the River Severn to Coalport and then on to Coalbrookdale to see the Museum of Iron and The Old Furnace where the Iron Industry began 300 years ago.
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The video is taken from the website of 'JR Hackney', otherwise known as 'The Taxi Driver'. Providing you with free information on a whole host of walks around the country that we have undertaken and recommend to you.
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YHA Coalport
Shows some of the Facilities at this modern Youth Hostel at Coalport in Shropshire, with a quick overview.
There is a restaurant with meals supplied, and also pubs nearby, as well as various Museums around Ironbridge
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The Ironbridge Gorge Museum
A part of the English Heritage set around the Severn Gorge. An amateur video of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum filmed around 1990 ish. From thebdarchive.
Wellington & Ironbridge Visit full time Motorhome Vlog #22
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Fulltime RV'ers Steve and Wendy travel to Ironbridge and Have some rather nice tea - Caravan living with Steve, Wendy, and Pippin.
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Jackfield Tile Factory Museum 12.06.15
The museum is housed in a decorative tile factory building, the former works of Craven Dunnill and Company, that is still used to produce tiles, particularly encaustic tiles. It presents the history of the British decorative tile industry between 1840 and 1960, the period in which this factory and that of Maw & Co nearby played an important part in this industry. Jackfield is one of the oldest known ceramic production centres in Shropshire, a tradition dating back to the 16th century. The Thursfield family settled in Jackfield during the early 18th century; Jackfield wares are attributed to the family. Craven Dunnill gave up its Jackfield works in the early 1950s, moving to Bridgnorth, and the buildings were used by a firm making iron and bronze castings. In 1983, the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust purchased the works with the aid of an Architectural Heritage Fund grant. In 1989, tile manufacture restarted on the site and in 2001 Craven Dunnill took over this business again. The collections include William de Morgan and other historic tilers. See magnificent British tiles as the camera wanders through the original gas-lit trade showroom, fascinating galleries and period room settings.
Ironbridge Gorge Museums TV Campaign
Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust TV Campaign - A Great Time to Visit
Coalport China Factory (Shropshire) 11.06.15
Coalport was home to an important pottery founded in 1795 by John Rose. It produced Coalport porcelain which became popular worldwide. The building it was initially produced in is now a Youth Hostel and café. Production later moved across the canal to the buildings which are now the Coalport China Museum. Production moved to Staffordshire in 1926, and, although the Coalport name was retained as a brand, the company subsequently became part of the world famous Wedgwood group. The Coalport China Factory has magnificent listed buildings that hold the exquisite National Collections of Coalport and Caughley China. These buildings were home to the famous Coalport China Factory until 1926, see inside the distinctive bottle-shaped chimneys of the two surviving bottle ovens.
Blists Hill Victorian Town, Ironbridge
Blists Hill Victorian Town July 23 2015
Ironbridge Shropshire.
Ironbridge is a settlement on the River Severn, at the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England. It lies in the civil parish of The Gorge, in the borough of Telford and Wrekin. Ironbridge developed beside, and takes its name from, the famous Iron Bridge, a 30-metre (100 ft) cast iron bridge that was built across the river in 1779.
Coalport China (In Your Hands)
Coalport
The Volunteers - Georgina preserves history at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum
This week on The Volunteers, we meet Georgina, who's between university courses and wants a career working in a large museum. She's gaining valuable experience by working with the preservation of costumes at the Ironbridge Gorge Musuem.
Narrated by Robert Harper.
World's First Iron Bridge By allcingeye
Make the uk safe for children, surport Hollie Greig .
Please remember it is the unnamed people who made the bridge , who never get a mention in the histoy books, but are the skill that make things happen. So this video is deicated to the workers who made erected and moved this work of art. fcuk the EU
Room 15 YHA
Us lot in room 15 taking the piss!! The funniest time at Coalbrookdale occured on this dark wednesday night!!!
1980: Coalbrookdale, Abraham Darby Forge, Coalport China works
The boys visit the Coalport China museum at the bottom of the Hay Inclined Plane, and see the giant bottle kilns before moving on to Coalbrookdale and walking round the Abraham Darby forge site, where the first successful blast furnace was set up and precipitated the second phase of the industrial revolution by significantly improving the iron smelting process. The site has undergone a major clean-up since the 1980s, and the forge is no longer exposed to the elements, now enclosed in a pyramid shaped building. This is the location where the huge castings for the world's first iron bridge (at Ironbbridge) were made in the 1770s. We also get a glimpse of the canal that made the long distance transport of the china and iron goods produced at these locations possible, before the advent of the railways in the early 1800s. Enginuity stands somewhere behind this site nowadays.
Technical info:
Shot by Dr Stanley Solomons on Kodak Super 8 film,
using a Eumig Mini 5 camera.
Digital transfer by on8mil in London
Post production in Adobe Premier Pro by Burl Solomons
Copyright © Burl Solomons 2019
Ironbridge River Severn ferry disaster remembered
Lines of burning fire cans were laid out along the River Severn near Telford in memory of those who died during a little known ferry disaster.
About 80 people turned out to pay their respects to the 28 victims who died when a boat carrying workers from what is now the Coalport China Museum capsized in the River Severn at 9pm on October 23, 1799.
The event was the first step towards getting a permanent memorial built to those who died.
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