1 Wagon works marked on 1923 map.
The site of a railway wagon works which was in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1923. It was situated at Rugby Station.
1 Site of Bedworth Boiler Works marked on OS map of 1886.
The site of Bedworth Boiler Works where boilers were made and repaired during the Imperial period. The site is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was located on Leicester Road, Bedworth.
Cataloguing the Willans Works archive material at Warwickshire County Record Office is revealing some interesting facts, partly because of the efforts of volunteers who are helping with the collection. Their ...
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A 500-mile cycling and walking network is being set up in the West Midlands and named the ‘Starley network’. This prompted me to investigate further: there’s a Starley statue I ...