Titel: Ironworks, Starby
Skrivet av: Karen Van Etten skrivet 2013-05-13, 01:15
The DomBok entry first led me to believe that Nils Andersson Springer was buying 2 farms in Starby. But a blast furnace or iron manufacturing in Starby did not make sense. A Christopher Gedde sold the property to Springer. I could not find either Gedde or Springer living in Starby. After discovering that Springer lived and died in Lund, his occupation, and - with the farm information received from Sven-Ove - the entry finally made sense. John Bentley's note, regarding the Örkelljunga area, makes sense in regards to iron manufacture - but such manufacture did not make sense for Starby in 1684, with a population of approximately 60 people! {I had relatives in Örkelljunga, so will have to read more some day about that iron manufacturing.} Thank you both for your conversation.