Harborough timeline quiz Can you match the events with the dates? Answers are on the second page
A public swimming pool was opened on The first railway line came to The first reference to an Inn in Market The Jarrow Crusade stopped in Market Northampton Road in the interests of Harborough, calling at Northampton, Harborough known as The Swan. This would Harborough. This was a group of 30 promoting good public health. Laundry and Pitsford and Brampton, Spratton, later become The Three Swans, one of unemployed ship workers from Jarrow washing facilities were provided when many Brixworth, Lampton, Kelmarsh, Clipston several Coaching inns as Market Harborough marching to London to present a petition people didn’t have a proper bathroom or and Market Harborough. The line finally became one of the rest stops on The Great to Parliament asking for work in Jarrow running hot water at home! stopped carrying passengers in 1973. North Road (Now the A6) in the 18th century. which had the highest unemployment in Britain at this time.
During the English Civil War Charles 1st A town meeting agreed on a fund should be Required by a new law, the Poor Law established his headquarters at Market raised to build a war memorial. It was also Amendment Act, Market Harborough Harborough in what is now The King’s agreed there should be a ‘Peace Memorial’ Workhouse was built to provide ‘relief’ for Head. Caught by surprise ,his army was which would benefit the whole town. its poor, those who had no employment or defeated the next day at Naseby, and Three years later the war memorial in the who couldn’t work such as children, the captured prisoners were locked in St town square was completed. elderly. Later this would become St Luke’s Dionysius church. Hospital!
First reference to a weekly market in the The Symington corset factory was opened town. This would be established every in what had been a carpet factory. The Tuesday. In 1938 the cattle market was family already owned a pea and flour relocated and a new ‘Settling Room’ built factory. The corset factory would become where farmers would go to settle their world famous, particularly for the Liberty bills. Bodice. It later became home to the museum and library of the town.
1645 1517 1204 1918 1896
164 1936 1859 1836 1876 Harborough timeline quiz The Answers—no peeking before you’ve tried the quiz!
A public swimming pool was opened on The first railway line came to The first reference to an Inn in Market The Jarrow Crusade stopped in Market Northampton Road in the interests of Harborough, calling at Northampton, Harborough known as The Swan. This would Harborough. This was a group of 30 promoting good public health. Laundry and Pitsford and Brampton, Spratton, later become The Three Swans, one of unemployed ship workers from Jarrow washing facilities were provided when many Brixworth, Lampton, Kelmarsh, Clipston several Coaching inns as Market Harborough marching to London to present a petition people didn’t have a proper bathroom or and Market Harborough. The line finally became one of the rest stops on The Great to Parliament asking for work in Jarrow running hot water at home! stopped carrying passengers in 1973. North Road (Now the A6) in the 18th century. which had the highest unemployment in Britain at this time.
During the English Civil War Charles 1st A town meeting agreed on a fund should be Required by a new law, the Poor Law established his headquarters at Market raised to build a war memorial. It was also Amendment Act, Market Harborough Harborough in what is now The King’s agreed there should be a ‘Peace Memorial’ Workhouse was built to provide ‘relief’ for Head. Caught by surprise ,his army was which would benefit the whole town. its poor, those who had no employment or defeated the next day at Naseby, and Three years later the war memorial in the who couldn’t work such as children, the captured prisoners were locked in St town square was completed. elderly. Later this would become St Luke’s Dionysius church. Hospital!
First reference to a weekly market in the The Symington corset factory was opened town. This would be established every in what had been a carpet factory. The Tuesday. In 1938 the cattle market was family already owned a pea and flour relocated and a new ‘Settling Room’ built factory. The corset factory would become where farmers would go to settle their world famous, particularly for the Liberty bills. Bodice. It later became home to the museum and library of the town.
1645 1517 1204 1918 1898
164 1936 1859 1836 1876