Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
You may know Kirkstall Forge as a small train station in Leeds, but it's much more than that - for centuries it was used for ironworks, and its transformation from small local forge to industrial powerhouse was made possible by one Victorian businesswoman from Leeds.
Sources used:
Butler, Thomas (1906). The Diary of Thomas Butler of Kirkstall Forge Yorkshire 1796-1799. Chiswick Press, London.
Mitchell, Edwin (1975). A Woman Ironmaster, Leeds Graphic.
Music:
Satie's Gymnopedia
Investigations by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100646
Artist: incompetech.com
You may know Kirkstall Forge as a small train station in Leeds, but it's much more than that - for centuries it was used for ironworks, and its transformation from small local forge to industrial powerhouse was made possible by one Victorian businesswoman from Leeds.
Sources used:
Butler, Thomas (1906). The Diary of Thomas Butler of Kirkstall Forge Yorkshire 1796-1799. Chiswick Press, London.
Mitchell, Edwin (1975). A Woman Ironmaster, Leeds Graphic.
Music:
Satie's Gymnopedia
Investigations by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100646
Artist: incompetech.com
