Talks and Lectures
The Saltford Brass Mill Project deliver talks on the Avon Valley Brass Industry to local history and heritage groups, family
history societies and other interested organisations.
Three talks on Saltford Brass Mill and the Avon Valley Brass Industry are available:
- The
Early Avon Valley Copper and Brass Industry - 1690 to 1740
- The Later Avon Valley Brass Industry - 1740 to 1925
- Restoration and maintenance
of an 18th century mill
Click on the boxes below to read a synopsis of each of the talks:
Three further talks on the related subjects are also available on the 18th Century engineer, John Padmore, and development of
water power in the Avon Valley
- John Padmore: 18th Century Engineer and Polymath
- Four Mills in Lyncombe and Widcombe - 1086 to1950
- Mills on the River Chew
The 2020 programme of talks and events has been cancelled as a consequence of the corona virus epidemic
Provisional bookings are being taken for 2021
Saltford Brass Mill Project
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Registered Charity Number
Scheduled Monument
Grade II* Listed Building
1174901
1004607
1384676
To arrange a talk, please contact
Talks
Two of the talks are now available online as audio-visual presentations:
The Early Avon Valley Copper and Brass Industry - 1690
to 1740
John Padmore: 18th Century Engineer and Polymath
Click on the thumbnail or box below to open the presentation