Captain Pilkington's Project. The Great Works at Weedon, 1804-1816. The story of the construction of the major Board of Ordnance establishment that was built in the small Northamptonshire village of Weedon Beck as a response to the threat of a French invasion in the early years of the nineteenth century

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Author(s) Williams, Beryl
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2003
Pages 139pp; illus
Publisher The author
Place Published Daventry

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Name Buildings: industrial

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City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the construction of the complex under the direction of Captain Robert Pilkington, RE. Has sections: 'Uneasy days in 1802'; 'Acquiring land at Weedon'; 'Appointment of Captain Robert Pilkington'; 'Preparing to build'; 'Work begins in 1804 & 1805'; 'Housing the workers'; 'Second phase, 1806-08'; 'Storehouse'; 'Gunpowder magazines'; 'Final phase begins in 1809'; 'Finishing the project'