Coalport
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Coalport is a village in Shropshire, England. It is located on the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge, a mile downstream of Ironbridge. It lies predominantly on the north bank of the river; on the other side is Jackfield. It forms part of the civil parish of the Gorge and is the south-eastern corner of the borough of Telford and Wrekin.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Coalport is referenced by 60 other articles, and connects out to civil parish, England and World War I.
Vinony files it under Ironbridge Gorge, Populated places on the River Severn and Telford and Wrekin.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Body of water
- River Severn
- Image
- The Shakespeare Inn, Coalport - geograph.org.uk - 1261137.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01952
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- P8168
- Chañaral Province
- P12749
- Botorrita plaque
- Commons category
- Coalport
- OS grid reference
- SJ696023
- postal code
- TF8
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Cast iron bridge
- Pottery
- Transport
- Railways
- Canal
- Tar tunnel
- Memorial footbridge
- Pubs
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Coalport is a village in Shropshire, England. It is located on the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge, a mile downstream of Ironbridge. It lies predominantly on the north bank of the river; on the other side is Jackfield. It forms part of the civil parish of the Gorge and is the south-eastern corner of the borough of Telford and Wrekin.
==History== The settlement was planned as a canal–river interchange by ironmaster William Reynolds, who built warehouses, workshops, factories and workers' accommodation in Coalport between 1788 and 1796. He also directed the construction of the Shropshire Canal, linking the East Shropshire Coalfield with the River Severn — the terminus being Coalport Wharf between the Brewery Inn and Coalport Bridge. Coalport was, at this time, much larger than it is today.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coalport” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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