GEC – British Manufacturing History

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Leaders in manufacturing

Giants of British Manufacturing

October 26, 2026 — 0 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Rugby manufacturing history

September 19, 2025 — 0 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Slough manufacturing history

April 26, 2025 — 3 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Chelmsford manufacturing history

March 7, 2025 — 2 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Manchester manufacturing history and the Museum of Science and Industry

September 6, 2024 — 5 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Lincoln’s part in the manufacturing story

August 22, 2024 — 3 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Coventry manufacturing history

August 1, 2024 — 9 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Birmingham Manufacturing History

July 22, 2024 — 9 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Stoke on Trent manufacturing history

March 27, 2024 — 0 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Sales of British manufacturers to foreign purchasers.

March 6, 2024 — 5 Comments

The Great Country Houses of Britain – who built them

In the Elizabeth, Jacobean and Palladian periods the great families such as the Cecils at Burghley and the Cavendishes at Chatsworth hired master craftsmen such as Robert Smythson and Willliam Etty to manage teams of stonemasons, brick-makers and carpenters. Bess of Harwick is reputed to have built a village to house the many craftsmen and […]

Transport and Transport Buildings

The largely landlocked Persian Empire built and maintained the Silk Road(s) long before Rome was even thought of. Herodotus observed that a road of 1600 miles could be travelled in seven days. Being landlocked, the sea was not an alternative although perhaps rivers were. Britain, as an island, offered places near to the coast a […]

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 […]