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Loughborough Leicestershire

EARLY LOUGHBOROUGH
Loughborough began as a Saxon village. At the time of the Domesday Book (1086) Loughborough probably had a population of about 180-200. By the standards of the time it was a fairly large village. In the 13th century Loughborough became a busy little town. From the early 13th century Loughborough had weekly markets and annual fairs. (In the Middle Ages fairs were like markets but were held only once a year. They attracted buyers and sellers from a wide area).
In the Middle Ages Loughborough soon became a busy little town, although it would seem tiny to us. It probably only had a population of several hundred.
In Loughborough traders or craftsmen of one type tended to live in the same street. Bakers lived in Baxtergate. Baxter is an old word for baker and gate is derived from an old Scandinavian word for street 'gata'. So it was baker street. Many of the people of Loughborough kept livestock. Any animals found wandering were put in a pound called the pinfold until the owner paid a fine to get it back. Pinfold gata was the street leading to the pinfold.
Loughborough Grammar School was founded by a wool merchant named Thomas Burton.
By the late 16th century Loughborough may have had a population of about 2,000. Although it was tiny by our standards by the standards of the day Loughborough was a small market town.
However like all towns in those days Loughborough suffered from outbreaks of plague. It struck the town in 1558, 1602-1603, 1609 and 1631. Each time the plague struck there were many deaths. Nevertheless each time the population of Loughborough recovered.

Loughborough also suffered a severe fire in 1622, which destroyed many buildings. However the town was soon rebuilt and through the centuries Loughborough continued to be a busy little market town.
In the early 17th century a writer described Loughborough as: 'great and large, well situated by reason of the wood and water, adorned with many fair buildings and a large church.'
From the late 17th century there were framework knitters in Loughborough. They worked in their own homes making woollen stockings, although the industry became mechanised in the 19th century.
The first purpose built theatre in Loughborough was erected in 1771.
Loughborough Canal opened in 1778.

MODERN LOUGHBOROUGH
In 1801 Loughborough had a population of over 4,500. By the standards of the time it was a fair sized market town. Moreover it grew rapidly. By 1841 the population of Loughborough was over 10,000.
In 1819 a dispensary opened where the poor could obtain free medecines.
The railway reached Loughborough in 1840.
The Town Hall was built in 1855.
In 1888 Loughborough was made a borough
Like all early 19th century towns Loughborough was dirty and unsanitary. In 1848 it suffered an outbreak of cholera. However in 1849 a Board of Health was formed and in the second half of the 19th century things improved. A clean water supply was created in 1870.
During the 20th century the population of Loughborough continued to grow rapidly. In 1901 it was 21,000. By 1951 it was almost 37,000.
The Carnegie Library was built in 1905.
In 1809 a man named John Heathcoat invented a lace making machine and began production in Loughborough. However his new invention was unpopular with men called Luddites who feared it would take away their jobs. In 1816 Luddites destroyed Heathcoat's machines. As a result he moved to Devon.
However from the mid-19th century there was a bell founding industry in Loughborough. From the late 19th century an engineering industry grew up in the town. In the 20th century Loughborough was noted for its engineering industry and its pharmaceuticals industry.
In 1916 a Zeppelin raid on Loughborough killed 10 people. Furthermore 480 servicemen from the town died in the war. In 1923 Carillon Tower was erected as a memorial to them.
The council built Shelthorpe estate in the late 1920s and 1930s.
Loughborough University was founded in 1966.
Carillon Court Shopping Centre first opened in 1972. It was refurbished in 1992.
In 1998 a bronze sculpture called The Sock by Shona Kinloch was unveiled in Loughborough.
Charnwood Museum opened in 1999.
Today the population of Loughborough is 55,000.

Heh, I was offered a place at Loughborough University to study Mathematics but it was too far away and I didn't want to leave home!

Man, I wish you had. I'm still trying to kick you out and have been unsuccessful so far.

It's a great uni and only a drive away

A History of Warrington
There was a Roman settlement at Wilderpool. In the Roman town there were blacksmiths, bronze smiths and copper smiths. There were also craftsmen who made things from lead. There were also potters in the Roman settlement. However in the 4th century Roman towns in England declined. This one was eventually abandoned.
The Saxons founded a new settlement at Warrington in the 8th century. However, this one was only a small village but in time it grew in importance.
St Elphin's Church existed by the time of the Domesday Book (1086) and probably much earlier.
The Normans built a wooden castle at Warrington around 1070 AD.
By the beginning of the 12th century Warrington had grown into a small market town. In 1255 Warrington was granted the right to hold a fair. In the Middle Ages fairs were like markets but they were held only once a year and they attracted buyers and sellers from a wide area. From 1277 Warrington had 2 fairs.
Sometime in the 13th century (the exact date is unknown) Warrington was given a charter. (A document granting the townspeople certain rights). In 1292 Warrington was given a second charter. However the town remained under the control of the Lord of the Manor.
Warrington was a small town in the Middle Ages. It only had a population of several hundred.
In the late 13th century Augustinian friars came to Warrington. Friars were like monks but instead of withdrawing from the world they went out to preach.
In 1495, at the very end of the Middle Ages, a stone bridge was built over the Mersey.
WARRINGTON 1500-1800
In 1526 a wealthy man named Sir Thomas Boteler left money in his will to found a grammar school in Warrington. In 1539 Henry VIII closed the friary.
During the 16th century and the 17th century Warrington grew larger and more important. This was despite outbreaks of plague in 1613 and 1647. There was also a famine in Northwest England in 1623-1624, which led to many deaths. However Warrington recovered from each disaster and continued to grow.
By the time of the civil war in 1642 Warrington was still a small town with a population of around 2,000, but it was strategically important because of its bridge. In 1642 Royalists seized Warrington but the parliamentarians laid siege in 1643. In May 1643 they captured Warrington and they held it for the rest of the war.
In the 18th century Warrington became known for its sacking industry and canvas industry. In the 17th century Warrington benefited from the growth of Liverpool. It created a large market for sailcloth. In Warrington in the 18th century there was also a pin making industry and file and tool making industry. There was also a copper industry.
Warrington was famous for its sailcloth. In the 1770s a writer said that Warrington supplied 'nearly one half of the Navy of Great Britain'. He also said that making pins was an important industry in Warrington. So was making 'locks, hinges, cast iron and other branches of hardware'. the writer said that near the town there was: 'A very large works for the refining of copper'. He said the glass industry and sugar refineries 'employ many hands'.
The first newspaper in Warrington was printed in 1756.
Bank Hall was built in 1750. It later became the Town Hall.

Sorry, I'm not moving out. You don't get rid of me that easy.

New Brighton, Pennsylvania. Not much of importance there. Terry Francona grew up there. And Shane Duglass lives there. Never met either of them. And a ****ing borough, not a town or city, a borough. One square mile.

Nottingham began in the 6th century as a small Saxon settlement called Snotta inga ham. The Saxon word ham meant village. The word inga meant 'belonging to' and Snotta was a man. So it was the village owned by Snotta. It was inevitable that sooner of later Nottingham would grow into a town as it is the first point where the Trent can be forded but the river is also navigable this far inland.
In the late 9th century the Danes conquered North East and Eastern England. They turned Nottingham into a fortified settlement or burgh. Nottingham had a ditch around it and an earth rampart with a wooden palisade on top.
In 920 the English king recaptured Nottingham and he built a bridge across the Trent. By the 10th century Nottingham was a busy little town though with a population of only several hundred. The Western limit of the little town stood roughly where Bridlesmith Gate is today. From the 10th century Nottingham had a mint.



So, I guess you could say I'm a Snotta?

The only historical things I really know about Tulsa (I actually live in a town South of it, but there's nothing interesting about us, and we're pretty much connected to Tulsa.) was it was once the oil capital of the world (not something that interests me all of that much...) and also the race riots of the 1920s... I only recently learned about the race riots. Pretty saddening.

the history of Sweeny

In Steven F. Austin's first colony.

There you go