GREAT LINFORD HISTORY
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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 and a blacksmiths. 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
    • Pritchard's Charity School
    • Slade's School
    • St. Andrew's School >
      • St. Andrew's 1874-1930
  • Industry
    • Brick Making
    • The Canal >
      • A Disaster Averted?
      • The Newport Pagnell to Great Linford Canal
    • The Newport Pagnell Railway >
      • 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
    • Great LInford Manor Park
    • The Manor Houses
  • People
    • Harry Bartholomew
    • The Cole Family
    • Kizby and Kezia Rainbow
    • The Meads
    • Reverend Richard Napier
    • The Scrivinors
  • Politics
    • A first political rally
    • The Conservative Association
    • Fisticuffs and dirty tricks
  • Visiting