Broseley is a small English community in Shropshire, with a population of 4,929 at the 2011 Census. The River Severn flows to its north and also east. The initial iron bridge on the planet was built in 1779 throughout the Severn, linking Broseley with Coalbrookdale as well as Madeley. This became part of the very early industrial development in the Ironbridge Gorge, which is currently part of a World Heritage Site. A settlement existed in 1086 as well as is listed as Bosle in the Domesday Book. The town lies on the south bank of the Ironbridge Gorge therefore shares a lot of the background of its better known, yet extra current neighbour, Ironbridge. In 1600, the community of Broseley consisted of only 27 homes and became part of the Shirlett Royal Forest. The area was recognized for mining; a few of the rock utilized to build Buildwas Abbey was taken from Broseley as well as there is evidence that wooden wagonways existed in Broseley in 1605, providing Broseley a severe case to the oldest trains in Britain. The wagonways were almost certainly built for the transport of coal and also clay and also it was these resources that brought about the significant development of the town throughout the Industrial Revolution. Most of the advancements celebrated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust's collection of managed commercial heritage sites either started in Broseley or were linked to the town. Broseley was a centre for ironmaking, pottery as well as clay pipelines; the earliest recorded pipemaker was working in the town in 1590. The Broseley Pipeworks is just one of the depend on's ten galleries, as is the Jackfield Tile Museum, which is situated in Jackfield, just north-east of the town. John Wilkinson built the world's first iron boat whilst staying in the community, and also the plans for the Iron Bridge were prepared in Broseley. Abraham Darby I, who developed the process of smelting iron making use of coking coal, is hidden here. In the last fifty percent of the 19th century the location experienced a decline, as sectors moved somewhere else. This left a heritage of uncapped mineshafts, abandoned structures, abandoned quarries, spoil heaps and also pit mounds. In the last thirty years of the 20th century Broseley experienced a contemporary revival with the development of Telford throughout the River Severn. New estates were built to the east of Broseley centre, whilst numerous older properties were developed or refurbished, yet the community is still much less inhabited now than it would certainly have been 200 years back, when population figures were over 5,000.