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Gillingham Through Time
David Lloyd
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Description for Gillingham Through Time
Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Gillingham has changed and developed over the last century. Series: Through Time. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 168 x 9. Weight in Grams: 310.
Gillingham Forest provided a hunting lodge for the Angevin Kings, notably King John. In the 1820s, the artist John Constable stayed at Gillingham vicarage and, being impressed by the beauty of the countryside, executed several local sketches and paintings. The railway arrived in 1859; farm produce could now be transported to London and new industries sprang up, taking advantage of the improved transport facilities. There was an upturn in population and the town expanded with many buildings of distinctive orange-red brick from the new brickyard. Despite the decline of industries in the 1960s and ’70s, the 1990s brought a ... Read more
Gillingham Forest provided a hunting lodge for the Angevin Kings, notably King John. In the 1820s, the artist John Constable stayed at Gillingham vicarage and, being impressed by the beauty of the countryside, executed several local sketches and paintings. The railway arrived in 1859; farm produce could now be transported to London and new industries sprang up, taking advantage of the improved transport facilities. There was an upturn in population and the town expanded with many buildings of distinctive orange-red brick from the new brickyard. Despite the decline of industries in the 1960s and ’70s, the 1990s brought a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Through Time
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445617770
SKU
V9781445617770
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Ref
99-10
About David Lloyd
David Lloyd was born in Gillingham, left Gillingham School in 1964 and moved to Bristol for work in the public sector and later banking. He returned to Gillingham in 1988. He is a long-time member of Gillingham Local History Society of which he is now Chairman. David’s book Around Gillingham in the Images of England series (HP) was published in ... Read more
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