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Gillingham Through Time (Paperback)
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Gillingham Through Time (Paperback)
Series: Through Time
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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 relief road, new library
and museum, new supermarkets, new housing developments and an
expansion to change the face of Gillingham again. In recent years,
Gillingham has been known as the fastest growing town in the South
West. From the Square to Kings Court, from farms to the railway,
from the brewery to the brickyard, Gillingham Through Time invites
you to reminisce through photographs and illustrations of this
growing Dorset town.
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