Exploring Telford

Site contents © Richard Foxcroft 1996-2002

Introduction to the site
Introduction to the Telford New Town

New! March 2008
In the Footsteps of Bertram Baxter: Tramways of Telford, by John Wooldridge

Getting the Goods Away
Telford, Birthplace of Industry? by Frank Verity
Canals
Main Railways
Mineral Railways
Lilleshall Colliery Railways (by Roger Brian)
Plateways and light railways
The last canal in living memory
Iron Bridges (Telford and elsewhere)

Living and working
Lilleshall and Buildwas Abbeys
Remains of Ironworks at Hinkshay
Other buildings of interest
Preston Gubbals nr Shrewsbury

Can you help us?
Geneology of Higgins/Walton
St Michael's Church, Madeley has had a new roof, and is now looking to improve the inside of the church and the bell tower
Missing Caisson Lock Do you know where it was?

Other links
Photos of Telford from Richard's Photograph Album
Richard's Home Page (about the author)
Exploring Telford External Links Page
Webrings

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Note: In deference to Nicola, of Lilleshall, and others who may feel aggrieved that we have included in Exploring Telford places outside the new town, we acknowledge we have strayed into the surrounding area, and even further afield. As neither Telford town, nor the Borough of Telford and the Wrekin existed at the time the canals and railways which are the main focus of this site were in service, we do not feel constrained by their boundaries.

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