Housing as a Source for Industrial History: A Case Study of Blaenafon, A Welsh Ironworks Settlement, from 1788 to c1845 Author(s): Jeremy Lowe Source: IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1982), pp. 13- 36 Published by: Society for Industrial Archeology Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40968025 . Accessed: 10/04/2013 21:02 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Society for Industrial Archeology is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 132.206.27.24 on Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:02:10 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Housingas a Source forIndustrial History: A Case Studyof Blaenafon, A WelshIronworks Settlement, from1788 to cl845 JeremyLowe In Fieldworkin Local History,W.G. Hoskins wrote that stone-walledand slate-roofedbuilding, with a total floor "housesat all sociallevels and in all periodsspeak their own area of about 400 to 450 squarefeet (Figures 3 and 12). "l testimonyof the past-if only we can construeit. Mostlythese houses were "double-fronted," with a central Workers'housing has beenaccepted as partof theprovince doorwaybetween windows on eitherside.