RHHG – Redditch History & Heritage Gateway

HR – A Brief History

Before the 12th century, Redditch did not really exist. It was to this area that a party of 12 Cistercian monks came from Garendon in Leicestershire to found a daughter abbey. Over the next five centuries, the town of Redditch emerged. This is a brief account of that story

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HR – Time Lines

Redditch has nearly a thousand years of history. These pages summarise the events wchich have shaped the town since its founding.

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HR – Lost Streets

After many years of debate, the Redditch Development Corporation decided that the new town shopping centre should be sited in the current town centre. This resulted in many town centre streets being lost. This gallery records those lost streets.

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HR – Old Redditch Farms

Prior to the new town development, Redditch was surrounded by agricultural land managed by farms big and small. This gallery attempts to document all those farms.

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HR – Historic Redditch Sites

Despite the new town development, Redditch still conatins many historic sites. This gallery identifies those sites.

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HR – History Briefs

To document Redditch history in one volume would be impossible. In this gallery will are documenting Redditch history one topic at a time in what we have called “History Briefs”.

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HR – Then And Now

The number of Redditch residents who lived in, and remember pre new town Redditch decreases every year. This is a visual gallery which shows for modern Redditch views what that view was pre new town.

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