The 1947 GWR Working Timetable for the Severn Valley Line mentions [[Coalport Brick & Tile Works Siding|Exley's Wharf ]] as one of three wharves at [[Jackfield sidings]] prohibited to engines in the [[GWR Power and Weight Classification | Blue group]] and all outside cylinder engines.
William Exley & Sons mined red clay in the area.<ref>[https://www.broseley.org.uk/mines/Mines_List.htm Broseley Local History Society web site]</ref>