Browse Times
1816-1830
1817
Death of Richard Lovell Edgeworth.
1819
Death of James Watt.
1820
Death of James Keir in West Bromwich. Introduction of the Jacquard loom into the Coventry silk weaving industry.
1825
Establishment of the Birmingham Female Society for the Relief of Female Slaves.
1828
Chance Brothers took over the glass firm of Thomas Shutt and Partners in Smethwick and gradually built up a huge business for the manufacture of sheet, optical and plate glass.
1829
Stephenson’s Rocket was built.
Articles in this time period
Article from The Salopian Journal, 10 October 1838, on Mrs Graham’s ascent in a balloon
Watton’s Newspaper Cuttings, Volume 2 Image from: Shropshire Archives
Arundel Brush Works, Sheffield
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 Local Studies and History,… read more »
Bank of Deposit, London
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Bank of London and National Provincial Insurance Association
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Benjamin Richardson, Flint Glass Manufacturer, Stourbridge
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Benjamin Smith and Son, Manufacturer of Printing Ink, London
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Birmingham
Image: Hinks, Wells & Co, Steel Pen Manufacturers, Buckingham Street Pen Works, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory… read more »
Birmingham
Image: William Spurrier, Electro Silver Plate Manufacturer, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of… read more »
Birmingham
Image: John Rubery, Umbrella, Parasol, Furniture and Steel Frame Manufacturer, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men… read more »
Bland’s Brunswick Hotel, Sheffield
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Bridgnorth, Shropshire
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Britannia Railway Carriage Works, Birmingham
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C.P. Swinburn & Son, Gun, Rifle and Pistol Manufacturers, Birmingham
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Calico Printer
Calico is a type of cloth, heavier than linen and made of cotton. A calico printer drew… read more »
Captain Thomas Chance: Merchant
Image: View of Bristol, 1827, Patrick Nasmyth (1787-1831) Image from: Wolverhampton Art Gallery Thomas Chance, the third son of… read more »
Carpenter and Tildesley, Patent Lock and Curry Comb Manufacturers, Willenhall
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Carpet Maker
The picture shows a carpet weaver at his loom. The loom consists of two long planks of… read more »
Carpet Weaver
“The art of weaving carpets is carried on to a great extent in England at the present… read more »
Cast-iron Aqueduct, Cromford Derbyshire
The aqueduct carried water from the Greyhound Pond and Cromford Sough to power the water wheels of… read more »
Catherine the Great and her non-visit to Soho House
Image: Death of Catherine the Great. Double-headed eagle and bust of the monarch. 1796. Designed by Conrad Heinrich… read more »
Catherine the Great’s Medals
Image: Death of Catherine the Great. Double-headed eagle and bust of the monarch. 1796. Designed by Conrad Heinrich… read more »
Chadburn Brothers, Optical, Mathematical and Philosophical Instrument Makers, Sheffield
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Chadburn Brothers, Opticians, Sheffield
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Chamberlain’s Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester
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Charles Bage and Iron Construction
Image: The ground floor of Charles Bage’s Ditherington Mill showing the iron columns used in construction. The picture… read more »
Charles Bage, the Flax Industry and Shrewsbury’s Iron-Framed Mills
Image: View of Ditherington Mill in April 2003, the world’s first completely iron-framed building. The factory was built… read more »
Chemical Philosophers of the Present Day: Dr Priestley
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Colebrook Dale
Image:The Iron Bridge, near Coalbrookdale Shropshire. Thomas Harral, Picturesque Views of the Severn (1824). Harral’s views were largely based… read more »
Commercial Hotel, Sheffield
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Cromford: A Factory Community
Image: Housing in North Street, Cromford, Derbyshire. Richard Arkwright built houses to attract people to work in his… read more »
Curiosities in Greene’s Museum
Image: “Miss Seward”. John Jackson, History of the City and Cathedral of Lichfield(London, 1805). Anna Seward, the Lichfield poet… read more »
Davy Brothers, Engineers and Millwrights, Park Iron Works, Sheffield
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Derby Porcelain: William Duesbury II and Robert Bloor
Image: Old China Works, Derby, showing kilns for firing the porcelain. John Keys, Sketches of Old Derby… read more »
Dingley’s Commercial Hotel, Moor Street, Birmingham
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Edge-Hill: a Poem, in four Books
Image: Coal and Iron Pit. The Useful Arts and Manufacturers of Great Britain of Great Britain Vol. 2 (London, SPCK,… read more »
English Hotel Guide
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Enlightenment and Dissent: A Poem
By Roi Ankhkara Kwabena, Poet, Writer and Cultural Activist Roi was born in the Caribbean island of… read more »
Entrance to the Great Cavern at Castleton
This is an example of the type of limestone cavern that impressed visitors and potential visitors to… read more »
F & C Osler, Glass Chandlier & Table Glass Manufacturers, Birmingham
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 Plate Glass is made in… read more »
Family, Commercial and Private Boarding House, London
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
