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Wolverhampton's
Architectural Heritage :
Buildings and Architecture in Wolverhampton
Timeline of events 1600 - 1990 |
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1600
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Northicote
Farm built |
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1661
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King
Charles II refused help |
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1687
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Wolverhampton's
first Town Hall built
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1700
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Wolverhampton's
first workhouse built
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1734-8
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New
Merridale Farm built
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1747
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Thomas
Bradney inherits Penn Hall estate
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1751
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Theatrical
performances at the Town Hall
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1760
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Court
order against Thomas Bradney
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1761
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John
Wesley preaches in the yard of the Swan Inn |
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1763
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Sedgley
Park Hall used as a Roman Catholic School
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1782
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Thomas
Bradney died
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1788
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The
first recorded occupant of Merridale Farm
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1795
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Penn
Hall completed
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1811
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Merridale
Farm changes its name to Merridale House.
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1818
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Jeremiah
Chubb arrives in Wolverhampton
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1820
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Chubb
opens a factory in Temple Street,
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1832-1834
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Royal
Commission on the Poor Law
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1834
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Poor
Law Amendment Act
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1838
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Chubb
moves factory to Railway Street
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1839
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New
workhouse built
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1840
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A
company was raised to build a new theatre
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1843
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Penn
Hall owned by William Bradney Persehouse
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1845
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Theatre
Royal Wolverhampton opened
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1848
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Mayoral
Chair presented to the first Mayor of Wolverhampton |
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1849
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Thomas
Bantock arrives in Wolverhampton |
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1850
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James
Baker opens his factory boots and shoes
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1851
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Thomas
Thorneycroft buys estate at Tettenhall
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1851
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John
W Sparrow an Ironmaster living at Penn Hall |
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1860's
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A
music hall built in Wolverhampton
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1865
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Prince
of Wales Theatre later called the New Theatre Royal opens |
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1865
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Initial
idea for a new Town Hall |
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1867
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Merridale
house sold to Thomas Bantock |
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1869
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Wolverhampton
Councilors decide to build a new Town Hall |
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1869
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Wolverhampton's
first Public Library opened
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1870
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The
central clock for Town Hall bought |
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1871
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New
Town Hall opened |
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1872
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Library
moved to Garrick Street. |
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1872
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Bilston
Town Hall built |
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1876
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Barclays
Bank Building built |
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1879
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Lloyds
Bank Building built |
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1882
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Extensions
to Bilston Town Hall |
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1894
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Theatre
Royal closed |
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1894
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Grand
Theatre opened |
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1896
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Thomas
Bantock dies |
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1896
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Albert
Baldwin Bantock becomes the new owner of Merridale House |
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1897
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Bilston
School of Art opened |
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1898
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Chubb
builds new lock works in Railway Street
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1898
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Villiers
Cycle Components Co founded
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1898
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Empire
Palace of Varieties built |
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1900
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Westminster
Bank Building built |
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1900
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The
foundation stone to the Central Library laid
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1901
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J
Marston Ltd move production of Sunbeam motorcars to Blakenhall |
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1902
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The
Central Library officially opened |
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1906
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Bilston
Town Hall in dangerous condition |
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1908
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Model
Housing Exhibition |
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1909
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The
earliest known cinema in Wolverhampton |
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1910
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The
Electric Theatre opened |
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1913
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Price
of Wales Theatre damaged by fire |
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1914
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Guy
Motors Ltd founded |
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1915
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Extensions
to Sunbeam works |
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1916
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The
Electric Palace became known as the Imperial Playhouse |
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1918
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Imperial
Playhouse closes |
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1920
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Chapel
at Northicote Farm demolished 1920 the chapel at the farm was demolished |
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1920's
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Goldthorn
Hill Estate built |
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1922
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Northicote
Farm bought by Mr & Mrs Lees |
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1921
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Woods
Palace Cinema Bilston opened 1921 |
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1921
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Empire
Palace reopened as The Hippodrome |
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1928
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Star
Engineering moves to Bushbury |
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1931
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Theatre
Royal converted into a cinema |
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1935
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Regal
Cinema Wednesfield built |
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1936
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Woods
Palace becomes the Bilston Odeon |
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1936
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Extension
to the Central Library |
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1937
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Bilston
Library moves to new location |
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1938
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Mrs
Bantock donates part of the Bantock House and its surrounding acres to Wolverhampton
Corporation |
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1938
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Chubb
moves factory to Wednesfield Road |
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1940
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Mr
Edwin Lees of Northicote Farm dies |
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1941
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Mrs
Bantock donates all of Bantock House and its surrounding acres to Wolverhampton
Corporation |
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1943
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J
Marston Ltd open new factory at Fordhouses |
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1943
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Tettenhall
Towers sold |
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1948
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Wolverhampton
Corporation acquire Penn Hall |
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1948
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Mrs
Jessie Sankey officially opens Bantock Museum |
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1948
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Theatre
Royal renamed as the Clifton Cinema |
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1949
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Bilston
School of Art becomes Bilston College of Further Education |
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1955
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Merridale
Court built |
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1956
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The
Hippodrome damaged by fire |
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1960's
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Redevelopment
of town centre shopping |
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1962
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Regal
Cinema Wednesfield closed |
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1963
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Vauxhall
estate wins a Civic Trust award |
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1964
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Bilston
Odeon closes as a cinema |
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1966
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Clifton
cinema converted to a Bingo Hall |
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1966
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Chetton
Green and Boscobel estates receive commendations |
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1970
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Bilston
Art School becomes an annex to the Bilston College of Further Education |
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1974
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Penn
Hall becomes school for physically handicapped children |
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1970's
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James
Baker boot and shoe factory closes |
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1975
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Vehicle
production ceases at Guy Motors Ltd |
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1981
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Extension
to Lloyds Bank Building |
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1981
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New
school for handicapped children at Penn Hall |
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1981
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Demolition
of the Clifton Cinema |
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1983
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Grand
Theatre was completely refurbished and reopened |
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1983
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Northicote
Farm becomes a country park |
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1985
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Restoration
of Penn Almshouses |
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1990
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Law
Courts move to Pipers Row |
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