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hoe manufacturer Hawkins Inc was founded in 1850 by GeorgeThomas Hawkins . Originally started as a cottage industry, in 1883 Hawkins got down to serious business and in 1885 the construction of a factory at a location on the Overstone Road, Northampton was started. That same year it was producing riding boots for the Queen, … Read more

Founded in 1895 as Northern Electric and Manufacturing it was responsible for supplying telecommunications equipment for Canada’s fledgling telephone system. Nortel became a major player in the telecoms arena battling with both Avaya and Mitel for the biggest portion of the PBX market (Business telephone systems to keep it simple) but it also had a … Read more

The original estate was acquired in 1832 by Lewis Loyd (Samuels Father)for the princely sum of £117,000. On his fathers death in 1858 it passed to Samuel.Overstone House replaced the earlier dwelling Overstone Hall and was built for the banker Samuel Loyd in 1862, who was to become Lord Overstone for his services to finance. … Read more

The factory was once a large busy place of work which developed the flooring for the Northampton bus station as well as some of the flooring in the London Underground as well as the Tokyo Underground in Japan. The business has now closed and what’s left of the factory has been left to rot and … Read more

On 24 August 1986, the privatisation process started when the assets of the British Gas Corporation were transferred to British Gas plc, then owned entirely by the Government. In November 1986, shares in British Gas plc were offered for sale on the stockmarket and trading in British Gas shares commenced on 8th December 1986. During … Read more

A fulling mill for cloth production originally set up by the monks of the Abbey on the Millhead Stream is where the history of Waltham Abbey begins, it was built on the engineered water course that tapped waters of the Lea. Mills were easily adaptable and in the early 17th century it was converted to … Read more