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3 days ago · After the Second World War besides a general shortage of housing due to war-time restrictions, houses were needed for the workers in industries which had moved to Swindon during the war, and also for workers in the new industries it was hoped would come to the town.
4 days ago · In the 20th century housing estates have covered much of the northern area. In the Charlemont district there is one of the earlier council estates in the town, 53 a. developed on garden-city lines in the 1920s. (fn. 45) There is also private housing of the period between the World Wars.
1 day ago · In the mid 19th century public houses, already plentiful in the older part of Gloucester, became more numerous near the docks and around the cattle market. (fn. 35) In 1877 the city had 121 alehouses and 86 beerhouses. (fn. 36) Many were in newer working-class areas, and soon afterwards the city magistrates shut some of the worst beerhouses, inc...
1 day ago · The Great Court was developed in 2001 and surrounds the original Reading Room. The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. [3]
4 days ago · Berkhamsted was shown as the best place to live in southeast England in the Sunday Times 'Best Places to Live 2018' list, with the average prices of different types of homes in Berkhamsted ranging from £273,760 for starter homes to £999,920 for family homes, with rents from £850 to £2,490 per calendar month.
3 days ago · United Kingdom - Industrialization, Immigration, Devolution: The population expanded rapidly in the 13th century, reaching a level of about five million. Great landlords prospered with the system of high farming, but the average size of small peasant holdings fell, with no compensating rise in productivity. There has been debate about the fate ...
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3 days ago · Find out what life was like in back-to-back housing for the working classes of the 19th and 20th centuries and discover the people who brought the Back to Backs to life.
