This book tells the story of the making of Grimsby. It describes how the town grew on the ground and so helps to explain Grimsbys present-day physical character. The story is an intriguing one and includes colourful controversies and conflicts that influenced the towns development.
The story begins with the Viking foundation of Grimsby. Then, in the years after the Norman Conquest the town became a successful trading community and port. This was followed by a long period of decline. The towns fortunes were revived with the coming of the railway in 1848 and the constructions of an extensive dock system. There then followed a massive increase in trade, and the foundation of the ports modern fishing industry. In the process, it attracted immigration. This new population needed somewhere to live. Consequently, land was quickly covered with houses.
The long-term effect of this period of extensive and intensive building which is described in this book was to determine to a large extent the shape and character of the modern town.
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The story of the making of Grimsby, and how its history of change and expansion shaped the modern town.
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Contents
About the Author
List of Illustrations
Foreword and Acknowledgements
1 An Extreme Nooke of the Kingdome
2 New Dock, New Town: 1796-1830s
3 Reform and Divide: 1827-1840
4 Railway and Conflict: 1835-1849
5 Railway Port: 1849-1880s
6 Building the East Marsh: 1840s-1870s
7 Building the West Marsh: 1870s
8 Building Clee and Weelsby: 1860s-1880s
9 Expansion and Independence: 1880s-1891
10 Controversial Times: 1890s
11 Star of the East Coast? 1900-1914
12 The Twentieth Century and Beyond
Appendix 1 Grimsby Population and Houses: 1801-2001
Appendix 2 Grimsby or Great Grimsby?
Abbreviations
References
Sources and Bibliography
Dr ALAN DOWLING, a passionate and skilled local historian, authored several in-depth books on his local area, including Grimsby: Making the Town 18001914, and Street Names of Cleethorpes. He contributed significantly to the local community through dedication to his research and the preservation of the area's heritage.
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