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The Forge
This company employed Blacksmiths who made wrought ironware but it also became famous for the work of its Anchorsmiths who specialised in the manufacture of anchors of different weights.It was converted into a sawmill in the early 1900's.The last owners to operate the plant as a forge were Bagnalls.