Assertion: town's area | /r/CapableOf | continue to consolidate its position
Facets:
value: in the seventeenth century
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: During the sixteenth century, largely due to the influence of the Hanbury family, the area developed its association with the iron industry and continued to consolidate its position in the seventeenth century, when the development of the town began in earnest.