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1650 - 1700
The earliest reference to production on the
Oare site specifically was in 1694 at which time
Peter Azire was advertising ...good shining and unglazed fine
Gunpowder of all sorts and grains. Azire was a French Protestant,
who fled religious persecution in France in the 1680’s and
settled in England, where he was granted a licence to set up a gunpowder
mill.
Francis Grueber, also a French Protestant,
inherited shares in six powder mills (later known as the Homeworks)
and became involved in production from 1692 at
Oare. |
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