Industries and places

This page give links to places to which key industries were connected. I have also given chapter references in my books How Britain Shaped the Manufacturing World (HBSTMW) and Vehicles to Vaccines (VTV)

• Agricultural engineering: Lincoln, Grantham, Ipswich, East Anglia (Thetford), Central Southern (Bedford), Basildon, Coventry, Huddersfield,
• Aircraft: North London, Manchester, Hatfield, Hayes, Stevenage, West London (Kingston upon Thames), Isle of Wight, Southampton, Farnborough, Crayford, Weybridge, Metroland (Radlett), Welwyn Garden City, Stockport, Preston HBSTMW 10, 12, 15 VTV 13
• Aluminium production: Western Scotland (Fort William), Banbury, Swansea
• Alkali: Newcastle and Gateshead, Widnes, Stafford
• Artificial silk: Derby (Spondon), Northern Ireland (Antrim) VTV
• Artists materials: Bracknell

• Ball bearings: Luton, Chelmsford, East Midlands (Newark),
• Beer: Burton, Warrington , South London – in truth just about everywhere
• Bicycles: Coventry, Nottingham, Wolverhampton HBSTMW 9
• Boiler makers: Derby, Western Scotland (Renfrew)
• Book binding: Hitchin, Harlow, Edinburgh
• Bread: Macclesfield, Manchester, Bolton – in truth just about everywhere
• Brass working: Birmingham
• Brick works: Bracknell, Fareham, Telford, Stourbridge, Slough, Uxbridge, Hayes, Corby, Peterborough
• Building products: Braintree (Crittall windows)
• Buses: Central Southern (Guildford), Leyland, Falkirk, Belfast, Maidstone VTV 11
• Cement: Rugby, Dartford, Billingham
• Chemicals: East Midlands (Humberside), Middlesbrough Billingham and Wilton, Northwich, Liverpool, St Helens, Welwyn Garden City, Bracknell, Widnes, Runcorn, Hull, Ardeer HBSTMW 14, VTV 4
• China Clay: St Austell
• Clock making: Inner London, Colchester, Coventry, Birmingham
• Clothing: Leeds, Leicester, Manchester, Bradford, Nottingham , Halifax,
• Coal mining (principal towns): Wigan, Yorkshire (Barnsley), North East (Durham), Yorkshire (Wakefield), Wales, East Midlands (Sutton in Ashfield), West Scotland
• Commercial vehicles: Watford, Luton, Leyland, Glasgow, West London, Inner London VTV 11
• Computers: Letchworth (BTM and ICL), Southampton (IBM), Bracknell VTV 9
• Confectionary: Halifax, York, Bristol, Norwich, Leicester
• Copper mining and smelting: Wales (Anglesea), Cambourne, St Austell
• Construction machinery: West Midlands (Rocester), Peterborough,
• Cotton: Manchester, Preston, Bolton, Burnley, Wigan, Stockport HBSTMW 4, VTV 20

• Defence: Belfast (ammunition), Wales (Glascoed) (ammunition), Crewe (ammunition), Washington (ammunition), Barrow in Furness (submarines), East Scotland (Rosyth (ships)), Plymouth (Devonport (ships)), Portsmouth (ships) Glasgow Govan (ships), Huddersfield (David Brown Defence), East Scotland (Fife (BAE Systems)), Bristol (aerospace), Derby (Rolls-Royce), Telford (tanks and armoured vehicles) Liverpool (Birkenhead) ships, Birmingham (BSA), Coventry, East London (Woolwich), Crayford, Weybridge, Nottingham (ROF) Coventry (ROF) Wigan (ROF), North West (Chorley) (ROF), Stoke on Trent (ROF) HBSTMW 7, VTV 16
• Diesel engines: Lincoln, Peterborough, Daventry, North East (Darlington), Stamford, Grantham, Stafford, Stockport
• Domestic appliances: Luton, Leicester, Stoke on Trent, North London, Metroland, VTV 18
• Dyestuff: Runcorn, South London (Merton)

• Electrical engineering:Manchester, Rugby, Stafford, Erith, South London, Coventry, Stoke on Trent, Chelmsford, Leeds, Preston, VTV 7
• Electronics: Manchester, Inner London, Chelmsford, Southampton, Isle of Wight, Bracknell, West London (Kingston upon Thames), Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Harlow, Edinburgh, North London, Eastern Scotland VTV 9
• Electrical equipment: Leicester, Southwest (Chard), Nottingham,
• Engineering: Hemel Hempstead, Welwyn Garden City, Glasgow
• Food: Birmingham, Leeds, Halifax, East Midlands (Newark), Liverpool, Manchester, Inner London, Reading, Bolton, Wigan, Southwest (Shepton Mallet), Glasgow, Northwest (Carlisle), Leicester (Wigston), North London (Harlesden), Welwyn Garden City, Watford, East Midlands (Burton Latimer), East Midlands (Melton Mowbray), East Midlands (Spalding) (Long Sutton) (Grimsby) Hitchin, (Wrexham) Wales Wellingbrough, Yorkshire (Scarborough), Manchester HBSTMW 8 VTV 19
• Fire engines: (Cumnock) West Scotland, (Batley) Yorkshire, Central Southern (Guildford), West Midlands (Worcester)
• Fishing and fish processing: Aberdeen, Hull, East Midlands (Grimsby), Wales (Milford Haven), East Anglia (Great Yarmouth)
• Footwear: Northampton, Stafford, Norwich, North West (Kendal), South West (Street)
• Framework knitting: Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Inner London, Eastern Scotland (Hawick)
• Fulling mills: Isle of Wight, Leeds, Cheltenham, Wales
• Furniture: East London, High Wycombe, South West (Melksham), Scunthorpe, East Midlands (Sutton in Ashfield), Nottingham, North London, Inner London, Stevenage, Watford, Wales (Ebbw Vale), Harlow
• Gas: Stockton (gas holders), Birmingham (gas stoves) Manchester (gas meters)
• Glass: Inner London, Birmingham, Stourbridge, St Helens, Sunderland, Chiddingfold Wealden Glass, Yorkshire (Barnsley), Harlow
• Gramophone: Hayes
• Graphene: Manchester

• Hats: Luton, West Midlands (Atherstone), Stockport
• Healthcare: Metroland (Radlett), Metroland (Amersham), Leeds,
• Hosiery: Leicester, Nottingham

• Iron and steel: Sheffield, Bradford, Middlesbrough, Corby, Wigan, Barrow in Furness, Glasgow, Falkirk, Merthyr Tydfil, Scunthorpe, Swansea, Stockton, Telford, Edinburgh, Wales (Cardiff) HBSTMW 3, 5 VTV 3

• Jet engine: Derby. Bristol, Cheltenham
• Jewellery: Birmingham

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• Lace: Nottingham, Long Eaton
• Lead mining and smelting: East Midlands (Derbyshire)
• Light bulbs: Newcastle, Harlow
• Linen: Belfast, Antrim, Derry, Eastern Scotland (Dunfermline) (Dundee)
• Linoleum: Eastern Scotland (Kirkaldy)

• Machine tools: Coventry, South London, Manchester, Yorkshire, Birmingham
• Metals: Metroland (Royston), Harlow
• Motor components: Coventry, North London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Huddersfield, Wolverhampton VTV 12
• Motor vehicles: Birmingham, Coventry, Crewe, Luton, Oxford, North London, Sunderland, Derby, Swindon HBSTMW 10, 12, 14, 15, 16 VTV 10, 11
• Musical instruments: Inner London

• Nylon: Wales (Pontypool)

• Oil: Eastern Scotland (Grangemouth), Aberdeen, Northwest (Ellesmere Port), Southampton, East Midlands (Immingham), Wales (Milford Haven)
• Optical equipment: Leicester

• Paint: Blackburn (Darwen), Slough, Northeast (Ashington, Northumberland), Hull, East London
• Paper: Hemel Hempstead, Watford, South East (Sittingbourne), Liverpool, East London, High Wycombe, (Bowater) Stevenage, North West (Ellesmere Port), South East (Canterbury (Chartham)), South West (Bath), South East (Northfleet), Metroland (Beaconsfield), Basingstoke, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Eastern Scotland (Dundee)
• Perspex: Billingham, Blackburn (Darwen)
• Pharmaceuticals: St Helens,Welwyn Garden City, Ware, Cambridge, Hitchin, Stevenage, Macclesfield, Oxford VTV 22
• Photography: Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage
• Plastics: Welwyn Garden City , Hertford, Eastern Scotland (Grangemouth)
• Pneumatics: High Wycombe, Cambourne
• Polythene: North West (Northwich (Wilmington))
• Pottery (Porcelain): Stoke on Trent, South London, Derby, Sunderland, West Midlands (Worcester), St Austell
• Printing: Watford, Crayford, Edinburgh, Southwest (Bath)

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• Railway manufacturers: Yorkshire (Doncaster, Goole), Northwest (Newton le Willows), Southwest (Chippenham), Newton Aycliffe, Manchester, Glasgow HBSTMW 6, VTV 15
• Railway workshops: Crewe, Derby, Southeast (Ashford, Eastleigh), Swindon, Wolverton (Milton Keynes), Rugby, HBSTMW 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 VTV 15
• Radio: East Anglia (Southend), Welwyn Garden City, West London, Chelmsford , Cambridge, HBSTMW 14, VTV 8
• Rayon: Coventry, VTV 20
• Refrigeration: Dartford, Washington

• Satellites: Stevenage,
• Sausages: North London (Acton), West of England (Melksham)
• Scientific instruments: Cambridge, Inner London, Stevenage, North London, Oxford, Central Southern England (Abingdon)
• Semiconductors: Lincoln, Plymouth, (Langford) East Anglia, Leeds, (Cardiff, Swansea and Cambridge universities have set up their own fabs), Edinburgh, Newcastle, East Scotland (Glenrothes), Wales (Newport),
• Sewing Machine: Glasgow, Coventry, HBSTMW 9
• Shipbuilding; Chatham, Clydebank, Barrow in Furness, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, East London, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Southampton, Isle of Wight, Belfast, Bristol West Hartlepool, HBSTMW 2, 7, 12, 13, 17, VTV 14, 1
• Shoes: Norwich, Stafford, Southwest (Chard), Northwest (Kendal)
• Silk: Derby, Macclesfield, Braintree, Inner London, Stockport HBSTMW 1, 4, 14,
• Soap: Liverpool (Port Sunlight), Warrington, HBSTMW 8
• Soft Drinks: Edinburgh, Liverpool, Metroland (St Albans), Long Eaton, Gloucester
• Spirits: Harlow, Warrington, East Scotland, West Scotland
• Steam engines: Birmingham, Lincoln, Ipswich, Colchester, Grantham, East London, Manchester HBSTMW 5

• Terylene: Manchester HBSTMW 16, VTV 1, 4, 20
• Telecoms: Coventry, Liverpool, Manchester, Harlow, East Midlands (Beeston), Ilford, North London, HBSTMW 14, VTV 8
• Television: West London, North London, Wales VTV 8
• Tin mining: Cambourne, Wales (Anglesea), Bristol, St Austell
• Tin plating: Swansea,
• Tobacco: Nottingham, Bristol, Inner London, Belfast, North East (Darlington)
• Tools: Sheffield, Warrington
• Turbines: Lincoln, Newcastle VTV 2
• Tyres: South West (Melksham), Birmingham, Edinburgh, Stoke on Trent

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• Wool: Bradford, Leeds, Central Southern England (Farnham), Isle of Wight, Colchester, Lincoln, Norwich, York, Edinburgh, Eastern Scotland (Galashiels), (Stirling) HBSTMW 4, 16, 17 , VTV 20
• Writing implements: Stevenage

• Zinc mining and smelting: Bristol, Swansea

• How Britain Shaped the Manufacturing World – chapters
• 1. A Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace
• 2. Trade, Exploration and Shipping
• 3. Coal and Metal
• 4. Textiles
• 5. Steam and Steel
• 6. Communication
• 7. Armaments
• 8. Manufacturing for the Home
• 9. The Sewing Machine and Bicycle
• 10. The Internal Combustion Engine
• 11. Electric Power
• 12. The Great War
• 13. The Aftermath of War
• 14. The Interwar Years
• 15. Rearmament and the Second World War
• 16. The Post-war Export Drive
• 17. The Festival of Britain

• Vehicles to Vaccines – chapters
• 1. A timeline of influences on British Manufacturing
• 2. Energy
• 3. Metals
• 4. Chemicals and plastic
• 5. Toolmaking
• 6. Engineering
• 7. Heavy Electrical Manufacturing
• 8. Radio, Television and Telecommunications
• 9. Computers and Semiconductors
• 10. Volume car makers
• 11. Speciality car makers and commercial vehicles
• 12. The motor component manufacturers
• 13. Aircraft manufacturers
• 14. Shipbuilding
• 15. Railway Locomotive and Rolling Stock Manufacturing
• 16. Defence
• 17. Construction
• 18. Consumer products
• 19. Food and Drink
• 20. Textiles
• 21. Makers
• 22. Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare