Clay Cross Company
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The Clay Cross Company was founded as George Stephenson and Co. in 1837 by the railway pioneer, George Stephenson. The company established coal mines, ironworks, brickworks and pipe factories at Clay
1881 Advert
Clay Cross Tunnel
Brick from the Clay Cross Company's brickworks
Ashover
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Ashover is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. It is in the North East Derbyshire district of the county. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,
Clay Cross Company
…ovens for the iron works had been replaced in 1903 by 50 simplex by-product coke ovens. In 1919 the Clay Cross Company acquired the Overton Estate in Ashover, which had valuable mineral deposits. The company built the narrow gauge Ashover Light Railway to transport the minerals 7 miles to Clay Cross. The…
The Old Poets' Corner
The Crispin Inn, Ashover
'The Fabrick' or 'Ashover Rock'