Broseley is a small English community in Shropshire, with a population of 4,929 at the 2011 Census. The River Severn streams to its north and also eastern. The initial iron bridge in the world was constructed in 1779 across the Severn, connecting Broseley with Coalbrookdale and Madeley. This became part of the early industrial growth in the Ironbridge Gorge, which is currently part of a World Heritage Site. A negotiation existed in 1086 and is provided as Bosle in the Domesday Publication. The town lies on the south bank of the Ironbridge Gorge and so shares a lot of the background of its far better understood, yet much more recent neighbour, Ironbridge. In 1600, the town of Broseley included only 27 homes as well as was part of the Shirlett Royal Forest. The location was understood for mining; several of the rock used to develop Buildwas Abbey was extracted from Broseley and there is proof that wooden wagonways existed in Broseley in 1605, offering Broseley a severe case to the earliest railways in Britain. The wagonways were probably created for the transportation of coal and also clay and also it was these sources that brought about the substantial expansion of the town during the Industrial Revolution. Many of the growths commemorated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust's collection of preserved industrial heritage websites either started in Broseley or were linked to the town. Broseley was a centre for ironmaking, ceramic as well as clay pipelines; the earliest recorded pipemaker was operating in the community in 1590. The Broseley Pipeworks is one of the trust fund's 10 museums, as is the Jackfield Tile Museum, which is located in Jackfield, simply north-east of the community. John Wilkinson built the world's first iron boat whilst staying in the town, and the plans for the Iron Bridge were drawn up in Broseley. Abraham Darby I, that developed the process of smelting iron making use of coking coal, is buried here. In the last fifty percent of the 19th century the area endured a decrease, as markets moved somewhere else. This left a tradition of uncapped mineshafts, run-down buildings, abandoned quarries, spoil loads and also pit mounds. In the last thirty years of the 20th century Broseley experienced a contemporary revival with the development of Telford across the River Severn. New estates were built to the eastern of Broseley centre, whilst several older properties were developed or restored, yet the town is still less booming currently than it would have been 200 years back, when population numbers were over 5,000.