Darby, retrospectively known as Abraham Darby I or Darby the Elder, was born at Wren's Nest in Dudley, on April 14, 1677. The son of John Darby, a yeoman farmer and locksmith, and his wife Ann, he ...

Abraham Darby joins the festival team at sponsors Holden's Brewery to sample Molton Glow. The Woodsetton-born historical figure played an important part in the Industrial Revolution.

The Haberdashers’ Abraham Darby Showband from Madeley, Telford, played for the Queen Consort during her visit to Southwater in Telford earlier this year, and was presented with the High Sheriff ...

Abraham Darby's Coalbrookdale blast furnace, pictured c1880 In 1705 he took on a lease at a blast furnace in Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, where he began using coke as a fuel to smelt iron. While his ...

Darby, retrospectively known as Abraham Darby I or Darby the Elder, was born at Wren's Nest in Dudley, on April 14, 1677. The son of John Darby, a yeoman farmer and locksmith, and his wife Ann, he ...