What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Madeley Court Hotel C16 manor house. Home of Sir Basil Brooke 1598-1646. Set up first steel furnace in Coalbrookdale. Recorded plaque organisation: Madeley Parish Council.
Sir Basil Brooke was a prominent ironmaster and landowner who significantly advanced the iron industry by setting up the first steel furnace in Coalbrookdale, contributing to the Industrial Revolution.
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