Claim: Elsecar Ironworks, which opened in 1795, was later bankrupted and taken over by the Wentworth Estate and is now a part of the Elsecar Heritage Centre.
Evidence: The Elsecar Ironworks opened in 1795 in the village of Elsecar near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The company was bankrupted in 1827 and taken over by the Wentworth estate who owned the land it stood on. The buildings are now part of the Elsecar Heritage Centre.