Talk:Basil Brooke (metallurgist)

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Moved from article

The above covers Brooke's activities as an industrialist, but says little of his role as a leading English Roman Catholic, a subject that ought to be covered.

Incomplete article

In writing the article, I referred to Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, which induisctes that Brooke had an importance other than as an industrialist. This is not reflected in my article. That is why I described what I had done as a stub and placed the above comment at the end. That was intended to be part of the description as a stub - not discussion, and in my opinion ought to be at the end of the article. Peterkingiron 20:10, 10 April 2006 (UTC) I have added a sentence or so on that subject, but it needs to be tackled by some one who knows about it. Peterkingiron 20:16, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Use of the term farmer

I am confused by the repeated use in this article of the term 'farmer' in reference to the various parties who operated the ironworks. Is this part of the jargon usually associated with the metalworking industry? If so, perhaps a brief explanation of this fact would help prevent other readers from being confused. Lunarmovements (talk) 08:48, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

This is an archaic use of the term. In this context, it means a person holding an office (or premises) under a lease. I think this is in fact the origin of the modern use of the term for an agricultural proprietor. Strictly, it refers to a person who had land etc "at farm". My definition might not be quite right as one can have a fee farm, a perpetual grant at a rent. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:29, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Linking with references please

The section headed References is rather a Bibliography, but there is no citational linking of the text with the sources. Hence my adding the 'citations required' template at head of this page.Cloptonson (talk) 18:43, 10 June 2021 (UTC)