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The Shotley Bridge Sword MakersIn 1687, nineteen German craftsmen – trained in some of Europe’s most prestigious blade-making traditions – settled beside the River Derwent in County Durham. They chose the location with care. Here, the landscape offered ironstone in the hills, woodland for charcoal, a fast-flowing water to drive grinding wheels, millstone grit for whetstones, and an easy…Read the story →More sections
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