GREAT LINFORD HISTORY
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      • A Disaster Averted?
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      • John Uthwat (?-1674)
      • Daniel King (1670-1716)
      • Richard Uthwatt (1658-1719)
      • Richard Uthwatt (1699-1731)
      • Thomas Uthwatt (1693-1754)
      • Henry Uthwatt (1728-1757)
      • Frances Uthwatt (1728-1800)
      • Rev Henry Uthwatt Andrewes (1755-1812)
      • Henry Andrewes Uthwatt (1787-1855)
      • Reverend William Andrewes Uthwatt (1793-1877)
      • Augustus Thomas Andrewes Uthwatt (1798-1885) >
        • Andrewes v Uthwatt
      • William Francis Edolph Andrewes Uthwatt (1870-1921)
      • William Rupert Edolph Andrewes Uthwatt (1898-1954)
      • Stella Katherine Andrewes Uthwatt (1910-1996)
      • Other notable Uthwatts
    • The Ward & Robe Families
    • Sir William Prichard and family >
      • The Contested Subjects
  • Politics
    • A first political rally
    • The Conservative Association
    • Fisticuffs and dirty tricks
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    • The Congregational Chapel >
      • Stories from the Chapel
    • St. Andrews Church >
      • The Bells
      • Monumental Inscriptions
      • St. Andrews Gravestones A-H >
        • St. Andrews Gravestones I-R
        • St. Andrews Gravestones S-Z
      • The Rectors >
        • Edmund Smyth
        • Francis Litchfield
        • Lawson Shan
        • Robert Chapman
        • Sydney Herbert Williams
        • William Smyth
      • The Stained Glass Windows
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Industry and Commerce in Great Linford


​Great Linford was once a bustling centre of commerce, with shops, farms and a variety of trades represented, including brick kilns, a stone mason, baker and a blacksmiths; there was even a bank run by the Lords of the Manor. The arrival of the grand junction canal in 1800 brought huge change, with an influx of new people and business. The subsequent building of the Newport Pagnell canal branch route, which was opened in 1817, would have made things even more hectic, with a purpose built wharf  established to store, load and offload produce. The Newport Pagnell branch railway line that followed in 1867 brought even greater change, with the village now home to many men who were employed at the vast railway works at Wolverton.

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  • Home
  • About Great Linford
  • Education
    • Prichard's Charity School
    • Slade's School
    • St. Andrew's School >
      • St. Andrew's 1874-1930
  • Great LInford Manor Park
  • Industry
    • Brick Making
    • The Canal >
      • A Disaster Averted?
      • The Newport Pagnell to Great Linford Canal
    • The Railway Station & line >
      • Newport Nobby on fIlm
      • Railway Tales from Great Linford
  • Law & Order
    • Policing
    • Cases >
      • Coroner's Juries
      • Fraud and Deceit
      • Poaching
      • Theft
      • The Stocks
      • Violent Crime
  • The Manor
    • The Manor Houses
  • People
    • Harry Bartholomew
    • The Cole Family
    • Kizby and Kezia Rainbow
    • The Meads
    • Reverend Richard Napier
    • The Scriveners
    • Uthwatt, Kings Andrewes & Bouverie >
      • John Uthwat (?-1674)
      • Daniel King (1670-1716)
      • Richard Uthwatt (1658-1719)
      • Richard Uthwatt (1699-1731)
      • Thomas Uthwatt (1693-1754)
      • Henry Uthwatt (1728-1757)
      • Frances Uthwatt (1728-1800)
      • Rev Henry Uthwatt Andrewes (1755-1812)
      • Henry Andrewes Uthwatt (1787-1855)
      • Reverend William Andrewes Uthwatt (1793-1877)
      • Augustus Thomas Andrewes Uthwatt (1798-1885) >
        • Andrewes v Uthwatt
      • William Francis Edolph Andrewes Uthwatt (1870-1921)
      • William Rupert Edolph Andrewes Uthwatt (1898-1954)
      • Stella Katherine Andrewes Uthwatt (1910-1996)
      • Other notable Uthwatts
    • The Ward & Robe Families
    • Sir William Prichard and family >
      • The Contested Subjects
  • Politics
    • A first political rally
    • The Conservative Association
    • Fisticuffs and dirty tricks
  • Religion
    • The Congregational Chapel >
      • Stories from the Chapel
    • St. Andrews Church >
      • The Bells
      • Monumental Inscriptions
      • St. Andrews Gravestones A-H >
        • St. Andrews Gravestones I-R
        • St. Andrews Gravestones S-Z
      • The Rectors >
        • Edmund Smyth
        • Francis Litchfield
        • Lawson Shan
        • Robert Chapman
        • Sydney Herbert Williams
        • William Smyth
      • The Stained Glass Windows
  • Visiting