Its difficult to imagine that this location once contained a mass human industry, with goods, iron & copper ore, stone & coal all being loaded & unloaded between lime burning kilns, plate-ways, railways, canals, & incline plains. The copper smelter…
Waltham Abbey
Back to Waltham Abbey & with time to look round. The place has a very long & fascinating history of royal patronage going back to Cnut. It was endowed by King Harold (Godwinson) & in 1066 he diverted his march…