East India Co, gunpowder production interests
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Chilworth, Surrey, Surrey, South East, England
Sectors:
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Chemical production
Explosives & fuses production
Notes:
Production traced origins to 1626-7 when the Company established gunpowder mills at Chilworth. Sold them in 1636 to Samuel Cordwell and George Collins
Publications:
- East India Company and gunpowder production in England, 1625-1636 by Fairclough, Keith
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Chilworth, Surrey, Surrey, South East, England
Sectors:
- Chemical production Explosives & fuses production
Notes:
Production traced origins to 1626-7 when the Company established gunpowder mills at Chilworth. Sold them in 1636 to Samuel Cordwell and George CollinsPublications:
- East India Company and gunpowder production in England, 1625-1636 by Fairclough, Keith