This episode was released on December 14, 2015
Map of the Weald
Enter the giveaway for the book I used to research much of this episode, The Wealden Iron Industry by Jeremy Hodgkinson here: https://www.englandcast.com/giveaways/the-wealden-iron-industry-giveaway/
Furnace: photo credit: http://www.wealdeniron.org.uk/hist.htm
Books
Industry in the Countryside: Wealden Society in the 16th Century by Michael Zell
The Wealden Iron Industry by Jeremy Hodgkinson
Websites
http://www.hammerpond.org.uk/history/history.htm
A paper from 1895 available on Kent Archeology
http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/Vol.021%20-%201895/021-22.pdf
Wadhurst Church’s iron memorials
http://www.wadhurstparishchurch.org/old/a5guide.pdf
Hogge House in Buxted
The Sussex countryside
Videos
The Ancient iron industry in the Weald
A Time Team show on the Iron Industry just a bit later, and in Yorkshire