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Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester (2012)
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Willmott, H., Miller, I., & Jackson, C. (2012). Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester. Industrial Archaeology Review, 34(1), 51-64. https://doi.org/10.1179/0309072812Z.0000000003

Excavations by Oxford Archaeology North in 2003 revealed extensive structural remains of the former Percival, Vickers and Co. Ltd glass works, one of the principal 19th-century glass manufactories in Manchester. A detailed account of the excavated re... Read More about Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester.

Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd : the archaeology of a 19th-Century Manchester flint glass works (2007)
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Miller, I. (2007). Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd : the archaeology of a 19th-Century Manchester flint glass works. Industrial Archaeology Review, 29(1), 13-29. https://doi.org/10.1179/174581907X179966

The Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd glass works was amongst the largest glass manufactories in Manchester, and formed one of a regionally significant group of 19th-century glass works in the Ancoats district of the city. All of these works have since bee... Read More about Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd : the archaeology of a 19th-Century Manchester flint glass works.

A Pottery Production Site at Samlesbury, Near Preston, Lancashire (2006)
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Miller, I., Wood, P., & Bradley, J. (2006). A Pottery Production Site at Samlesbury, Near Preston, Lancashire. #Journal not on list, 30, 21-48. https://doi.org/10.5284/1106336

Excavation along a gas pipeline route through central Lancashire has revealed a previously unknown pottery production site of 13th to 15th century date. The site, which lies south of the river Ribble, comprised oval gullies, representing possible tru... Read More about A Pottery Production Site at Samlesbury, Near Preston, Lancashire.

The Roman settlement at Old Carlisle (2005)
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Miller, I., & McPhillips, S. (2005). The Roman settlement at Old Carlisle. Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions, 5, 25-30

A recent opportunity to examine part of the Roman settlement associated with the fort at Old Carlisle, Cumbria, was provided by clearance work at Old Carlisle Farm (NY 2614 4614). In order to construct a level yard to the west of the farm, an area me... Read More about The Roman settlement at Old Carlisle.

Iron-working at Cunsey Forge: the archaeological and documentary evidence from an initial survey (2005)
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Miller, I. (2005). Iron-working at Cunsey Forge: the archaeological and documentary evidence from an initial survey. Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions, 5, 173-198. https://doi.org/10.5284/1064547

The author presents documentary and archaeological evidence for the location and period of use of Cunsey Forge, a bloomery forge located on land adjacent to Cunsey Beck, on the west bank of Windermere, from 1618 to the mid-eighteenth century. The aut... Read More about Iron-working at Cunsey Forge: the archaeological and documentary evidence from an initial survey.

The Netherhall Blast Furnace, Maryport (2000)
Journal Article
Miller, I. (2000). The Netherhall Blast Furnace, Maryport. Historical Metallurgy, 34(2), 97-109

Reports on an archaeological investigation and documentary survey undertaken in 1993 of a mid-18th-century blast furnace in Maryport. The results suggested that the furnace was designed to operate on coke fuel, placing Netherhall at the forefront of... Read More about The Netherhall Blast Furnace, Maryport.