Time Lines
Despite REdditch being designated a “New Town” in 1964, we must remember that it has a history stretching back 1000 years.. For a twenty year period, from 196a to 1984, the face of Redditch town centre was changed for ever. Town landmarks, family homes, offices, shops and factories were razed to the ground. People & business ...
Lost Redditch
In 2014, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the designation of Redditch as a “New Town”, a group of local history enthusiast started a project to investigate and document the street of the town centre which were lost during the new town development. The project became known as the Lost Streets project. This section of our ...
Redditch Farms
Prior to the New Town development, the town of Redditch was the centre of a farming community made up of large estates of farms and well as smaller independent farms. Many of the names of these farms live on today in the district name of Redditch New town even though the farms an ...
Historic Sites
Despite extensive development in the 1970s & 1980s well the “New Town” was being created, there are still many buildings and sites of historic significance in the borough today. These fall into two categories. Those recognised nationally which are listed to protect them, and those listed locally which recognises their importance but have ...
History Briefs
To write a comprehensive history book on a town such as Redditch and all the various events and activities that have made up its history would be a major project. We were always told in business when asked the question “How do you eat an Elephant” that the answer is “One bite at a time”. ...