Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,238 pages of information and 244,492 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Trafford Park was a deer park to the west of Manchester, owned by the de Trafford family. In the late 19th century it was developed as an industrial estate, probably the first example in the world of a large area developed specifically for industrial use by a variety of users.  
Note: Although categorised as a 'town' for the purposes of Grace's Guide, Trafford Park is actually a large industrial estate constituting part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester.
 
Until the end of the 19thC Trafford Park was a deer park owned by the de Trafford family, located immediately to the west of the city of Manchester and immediately south of the city of Salford. In the late 19th century it was developed as an industrial estate, probably the first example in the world of a large area developed specifically for industrial use by a variety of users.
 
See [[Trafford Park]].


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Note: Although categorised as a 'town' for the purposes of Grace's Guide, Trafford Park is actually a large industrial estate constituting part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester.

Until the end of the 19thC Trafford Park was a deer park owned by the de Trafford family, located immediately to the west of the city of Manchester and immediately south of the city of Salford. In the late 19th century it was developed as an industrial estate, probably the first example in the world of a large area developed specifically for industrial use by a variety of users.

See Trafford Park.

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