Joseph Aspdin
(1778-1855)

Died aged c. 77

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Joseph Aspdin (1778-1855). Portland Cement, one of mankind's most important manufactured materials, was patented by Joseph Aspdin, a Leeds bricklayer, on 21 October 1824. Aspdin lived in this yard (then called Slip Inn Yard) and first sold his cement in Angel Inn Yard

somewhere Yard, Leeds, United Kingdom where they lived