Baptist Mills, Bristol
Baptist Mills an area of the city of Bristol, England. The name derives from the former mills which stood in that area.
[edit] History
Baptist Mills is so named from the mills that once stood there. They were fed from the River Frome.
The mills were converted to brass mills by the Bristol Brass Company, formed in 1702 by Abraham Darby, Edward lloyd, John Andrews, and Arthur Thomas. In 1706, further partners were admitted, the business becoming an early unincorporated joint stock company with a capital of £8000. While there, Darby recruited skilled 'Dutchmen' to operate a brass battery with trip hammers. He may also have recruited men skilled in sand moulding as opposed to the loam moulding hitherto used in England. Darby was the active partner in the business, but later withdrew to concentrate on his new ironfounding business at Coalbrookdale.[1]
The works were destroyed when the St Paul's roundabout was constructed for the M32 Motorway. However, slag blocks made from waste from the works can be found in the area.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Cox, Nancy (1990). "Imagination and innovation of an industrial pioneer: The first Abraham Darby". Industrial Archaeology Review 12 (2): 127-144 at 128-9.
- ^ Living Easton
