Useful links
Below
are links which have been useful in researching the information
in these webpages, together with references to books as well.
Think local when you buy your BBQ charcoal !
Broad subject coverage on charcoal with historic timeline http://www.englishcharcoal.co.uk Loads of great charcoal information including detailed photos stepping through the production process http://www.weyriver.co.uk/theriver/industry_6_charcoal.htm Contains a history of charcoal http://www.ukagriculture.com/countryside/charcoal_history.cfm Sustainable economic well-being http://www.neweconomics.org Charcoal photos step by step using cordwood http://www.poundwood.org.uk/Charcoal/Charcoal.htm The Museum of Rural English Life with excellent photo library http://www.merl.org.uk A great example of locally run sustainable woodland management http://www.meirionnyddoakwoods.org.uk A wide source of information on the use of local woodland products in the garden http://www.allotmentforestry.com Further sources of information:-
• The production of wood charcoal in Great Britain, J. R. Aaron, Forestry Commission, HMSO, 1980, 1986.
• Charcoal and charcoal burning, DW Kelly, Shire Album 159, Shire Publications Ltd., Aylesbury, 1986
• Woodcolliers and charcoal burning, Lyn Armstrong, Coach Publishing House Ltd.,
Horsham, 1978, ISBN 0 905259 05X
• Charcoal production, Industry Standard Training Course, Solely British Woodlands Ltd., undated.
• The production of charcoal in a portable metal kiln, Rural Technology Guide 14, Tropical Products Institute, AR Paddon and AP Harker, 1979
• Charcoal production: a 2-tier steel kiln case study, Report 4/95, Forestry Commission Research Division, Technical Development Branch, 1995
• Sylva, by John Evelyn (1664) of Wootton, Surrey Lodge
• Copse Charcola, C. R. Troughton-Smith, Coppice Association, Issue 4
• Charcoal initiative for the South-east, P. Desai, Bioregional development Group, Carshalton, Surrey, 1993
• Perspectives for charcoal, P. Desai, National Smallwoods Association, Heatwood, Northants, 1993
• Charcoal – another market for neglected woodland, C. Driver, Quarterly Journal of Forestry, 79:1, Jan.1985
• Handbook of Charcoal-making, W. Emrich, Energy from Biomass, Vol. 7, Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 1985
• Charcoal production – a handbook, C. Hollingdal, R. Krischnan + P. Robinson, Commonwealth Secretariat Publications, London, 1991, ISBN 0 85092 380 8
• Charcoal-making in developing countries, G. Foley, Earthscan, 1986, ISBN 0 905347 60 9
• Sooty bands from tents of turf – Woodcolliers and Charcoal burners in Wales, W. Linnard, Folk life vol.25 p. 47-73, National Museum of Wales and South Fagans Folk Museum, 1986