The International Perspective – British Manufacturing History

Category: The International Perspective

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Military building

Castles My story of British buildings before the Elizabethan age is one of internal conflict. The ancient British tribes would fight each other. The long line of invaders would terrify the local population. The response though wasn’t with castles, but, as I write in my piece on Early England, with burghs promoted by the king […]

The Building of Central Ordnance Depot – Old Dalby

In the Second World War, Central Ordnance depots around Britain ensured that the army, anywhere in the world, was supplied with the armaments and vehicles they needed. This link is to a map of where they were. The work of the depots is described in more detail in this link. Chilwell near Nottingham had become […]

The Development of Church Architecture from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries

The period from the 16th to the 19th centuries saw the birth of the modern world out of its medieval womb. The Church was at the centre of the start of this process but in the eyes of many was by the end moving to the sidelines. A comprehensive description of the development of church […]

Church building

Church building over ten centuries consumed more labour, money and materials than any other form of building. Simon Jenkins, in his book, England’s Thousand Best Churches, is clear that they represent what is really one giant museum telling the story of this country. The village church paid for by the landowner was for the people […]

Building with Glass

Glass makers in the area of Sussex surrounding Chiddingfofd took advantage of the wood available in the Weald, the sand under foot and the bracken growing each spring to borrow making skills from France and produced the glass needed for the great English cathedrals in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. They were not alone for […]

British Manufacturing History

How manufacturing shaped Britain. Why manufacturing spread across the country, how it grew, why it declined and what was left.

Category: The International Perspective

The British in South East Asia

The British in India

The Scramble for Africa

Adventurers – the road to manufacturing