Engineering – Page 2 – British Manufacturing History

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Leaders in manufacturing

John and Charlotte Guest – GKN

June 29, 2026 — 0 Comments

Leaders in manufacturing

Edward, Tom and Albert, and Douglas Vickers – three generations of steel makers

June 15, 2026 — 0 Comments

Leaders in manufacturing

William Armstrong – hydraulics engineer and armament manufacturer

June 8, 2026 — 1 Comment

Leaders in manufacturing

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

June 1, 2026 — 1 Comment

Leaders in manufacturing

Joseph Whitworth – the world’s best mechanician

May 25, 2026 — 2 Comments

Leaders in manufacturing

History of Education for manufacturing

May 13, 2026 — 1 Comment

Leaders in manufacturing

Abraham Darby – iron master

April 20, 2026 — 1 Comment

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

West London manufacturing history

December 12, 2025 — 1 Comment

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

North London manufacturing history

December 10, 2025 — 1 Comment

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

South London manufacturing in the 19th and 20th centuries

December 3, 2025 — 1 Comment

Building in wood

By the time of the Domesday Book, only about fifteen percent of England was wooded, with oak being the most common tree. Oak was a popular building material being strong and easy to work when green and incredibly hard once the sap had gone. Houses were built with green oak which would then shrink, locking […]

Roman Building

Roman architecture stands out because of the variety of materials used and structures built, but most of all because modern building from the Renaissance onward looked to Rome for both theoretical and practical ideas. There are two places to look for this inheritance: the writings of Vitruvius and the remains of Pompey. I am accompanied […]

A Story of the Building of Pre-Elizabethan England

I will explore building from the key raw materials of wood, stone and broch in forthcoming post. For now I am looking at early England. If you follow this link you will be able to see my plan of exploration. In the England of pre-history, so in the bronze and iron ages, settlements and hill […]

Who Built Britain?

Building is in my blood; my mother’s family ran a Midlands building company for ninety-nine years having previously been itinerant craftsmen. I remember with huge affection childhood visits to the ‘yard’. My last employment before I retired was as Chief Executive of Lincoln Cathedral where I learnt something of stone masons and the way medieval […]

How Manufacturing Shaped Britain

My explorations are moving toward the built environment. This book sets out to discover how manufacturing shaped this island. Why manufacturing spread across the country, how it grew, why it declined and what was left. It is looking at manufacturing through the lens of geography. Manufacturing transformed the places where it took place. Villages became […]