Changes to Stoke Bruerne between (1800 – 2001)

tend Bruerne was a small farming and foodstuff settlement. The main function of tend Bruerne changed beca ingestion of transport.The lofty Junction communication channel got its act of fantan in 1793. (Canal aspect of meat walk).The distri barelyion channel had a major impact on the village of Stoke Bruerne. The village of Stoke Bruerne authentic around the furnish. (Maps). Before the furnish arrived, Stoke Bruerne was a rattling small-populated area with close 150 people living in, what was a very agricultural village.The first major sessal was make between capital of the United Kingdom and Birmingham, this pastures by means of the village of Stoke Bruerne. (Visit). at that place was a major objection to this final cause by the Rector, the deuce plans that were drawn up went straight through the middle of his tend fadeting it in two. He muzzy his battle and the chosen plan went ahead. When the canal was make the canal company built the Rector a bridge so t hat he could walk from one side of his garden to the other. (Visit).When the canal was built more than(prenominal) a(prenominal) jobs were created and with it people to fill the vacancies. (Whittaker Minutes). Houses were built for the people who worked on the canal, this was the start of Stoke Bruerne comely a busy area during the canal era. (Visit).The boats struggled to give rise across the canal and so path manners were make either side of the canal so horses could walk along pulling the boats behind them. The horses could not pull the barges through Blisworth Hill so legers would walk the barges through the turn over, where the horses would again take over. The horses clinged in the tunnel stables when at that place were no barges to pull. While the legers were delay to pull barges through, they would wait in the legers hut. This was a small shed in which they could solemnize warm and dry. (Visit). The barges also struggledup the pitchers mound of the canal, and so works were put in. Evidence that the canal became more congested is that double locks were built in 1835, although only locks 14 and 15 affected Stoke Bruerne. (Canal Company Minutes) some businesses were set up on the side of the canal this was because businessmen innovative it was a quick, easy and cheap way of transporting goods to many places like London using barges on the canal (Booklet). galore(postnominal) wharfs were set up so that goods could be loaded and unloaded. The goods universe loaded on the barges would have been brought from topical anesthetic factories and people who made things that could be s previous(a). The goods being unloaded from barges would have been taken to the topical anaesthetic market and sold. (Visit/Booklet).A steam-powered feed wonk was set up and this attracted many people to move to Stoke Bruerne because onward the work on offer. Four Mill Cottages were built beside the mill so the workers could sojourn there.So the canals arrival r eally gave the reality of Stoke Bruerne a whole new way of life.In 1851 the double lock shut (Canal Company Minutes).Railways took over from canals as the main form of transport almost 1851. The reasons why people started to use the line more is because it was* More direct and blistering the trains could travel a lot faster than the boats, which meant they could get to their destinations more efficiently.* Easy to go away the trains were more direct, and a lot little hassle for companies that extend the track because contrary the canal no digging was necessitate only a flat gentleman of land (Visit).* Transporting goods Transporting heavy goods and pottery was easier and safer because it was less(prenominal) likely to break because the ride was drum sander than the barges had been. The best thing with trains and transporting goods was food. Food could in conclusion be transported over large areas. It could get there quickly and so it would stay fresh for markets and s talls the following day. among 1874 1879 the Navigation Inn shut unsympathetic (Whittaker).The Corn Mill shut vanquish at the start of the 1900s (Guide book).Work hours were cut in 1938 and so people had more leisure time. The railway had an impact on Stoke Bruerne because people could get there and go to various other places (Visit). i of the first motorways built was the M1.It is still very much apply today by workers who commute to and from work.The roads in 1960 were not the same in quality as they are today. People did however privilege these to railways because their car was more convenient, they could leave there home when they wanted. Also people had more leisure time because they had paid holidays and worked fewer hours. So people looked for leisure pastimes. touristry in Stoke Bruerne really started to flourish. Many of the old buildings were changed into businesses that would make money from tourism. The old corn Mill became a museum in 1963 and for many years previo usly a disused warehouse. The mill had its own docks, which has been made into the picnic area and car set (Canal side walk, booklet). The Boat Inn, a pothouse to go and have a whoop it up in while inspecting was a pub, a butcher, then a stable. It changed as the needs changed (Visit).The wharf office thieve sells souvenirs, but was previously used to manse for documents, send letters. Etc. (visit)The mill cottages that were built for the workers to live in are like a shot split in to two groups of two. twain are privately owned and two are rented out to tourists.The chapel tearooms used to be used as a dock to the toe path to scram coal to the steam engine to run the mill.The land cutaway known as the Blisworth tramway where the horses worked is being made in to a nature reserve by the British Waterway.As you can sop up Stoke Bruerne has changed dramatically in the give-up the ghost 250 years.Stoke Bruerne Sources.The best source I used was the visit because it gave a a dequate picture of what Stoke Bruerne was like and the way it changed, for example* The roofs on the buildings all had incompatible styles e.g. slate, tile, etc.The visit also gave us a visual view, I picked up lots of little facts from our tour spend and the museum.Also the Whittaker Minutes and the Canal place strait were very useful for the real information that I got for it although it was only 1 or 2 facts from each.The postcard disagreed with my visit because we saw quite dull boats, but the postcard showed bright boats, which we were also told, would not have been the case. Postcards are painted in the light of being sold and so make the village look a great place, this makes it bias.A historian could use the Whittaker Minutes and the Canal Side Walk to gain key information of what stoke Bruerne was like. These are documents from the time of the canal and so are likely to state the facts. This would be a reliable source as well as the land and its mildew at Stoke Bruern e, for example you can see where the horses walked and so proves this did happen.