History of Kettering
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A01=R L Greenall
Author_R L Greenall
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Kettering
local history
Northamptonshire
Phillimore
Product details
- ISBN 9781860772542
- Weight: 780g
- Dimensions: 168 x 245mm
- Publication Date: 03 Nov 2008
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A new history of this Northamptonshire town, which has too often been overlooked. The author, one of the county's foremost historians, traces the town's fortunes, from its 18th-century weaving industy. The industry faltered, and Kettering, where the Baptist Missionary Society was founded in 1792, became a centre of religious dissent. Its connection in 1857 to the railway system, on the Leicester-Hitchin line, transformed it; the footwear trade developed and blossomed, and Kettering patented the rivetting of heavy-duty boots. More recently, the town has been involved in engineering and the clothing industry. A welcome addition to the 'Past' series.
