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Nathaniel Wright

A colliery entrepreneur from a mining family at Crich, Derbyshire, who leased a Warren mine at Poynton with Matthew Pickford in 1793, ran the Legh mines at Norbury from 1795, and built there an engine that pirated Watt's separate condenser; he later bought the Brabyns estate at Marple.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Norbury Colliery Greater Manchester 1795–1826

Record created: 8 October 2026 · Last researched: 8 October 2026

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