Bedworth Through Time
by
John Burton
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Through Time
ISBN-10
1848687532
ISBN-13
9781848687530
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Imprint
Amberley Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 15th, 2014
Print length
96 Pages
Weight
282 grams
Dimensions
16.50 x 23.30 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Warwickshire, West MidlandsPlaces in old photographs
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Bedworth has changed and developed over the last century.
Bedworth''s long history, from its Saxon origins to its Domesday entry as a small farming settlement, and later to near extinction in the Black Death, has always been marked by hardship and poverty. Seventeenth-century hearth tax returns show it as the poorest village in Warwickshire. Hardship has given its inhabitants a distinctive and a gritty determination that marks them still, despite the changes of the last hundred years. The need for huge amounts of coal to drive the Industrial Revolution transformed the village into a town, and the coming of ribbon-weaving to the area changed its physical appearance. Squeezed by Coventry to the south and Nuneaton to the north, Bedworth remains proud of its achievements, of traditions and fierce independence. The photographs in this book show the extraordinary changes that have taken place over the last 120 years.
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