Extracts From The History Of Bracknell

Extracts From The History Of Bracknell. . , Between 200 BC and 40 AD: 'Caesar's Camp' hillfort built by the Celts. , 10th Century: 'Braccan Heal' first mentioned, in an Anglo-Saxon charter , 1463 Old Bracknell mentioned in a Goring charter. , 1607 Norden's map of Windsor Forest shows Old Bracknell and New Bracknell as separate places. , 1759 Windsor Forest Tumpike Act passed, leading to improved access to Bracknell by road. , 1760 The original South Hill Park mansion built and thirty acres of common land enclosed for its park. , 1813 Windsor Forest Inclosure Act passed: the Crown surrendered forest rights. Bracknell had been in the Forest for more than 700 years. , 1847 Bracknell: a small village on the main road to the West of England, a long narrow street occupied principally by small shopkeepers. Population 700 (Directory). , 1856 The railway came to Bracknell. , 1864 Easthampstead Park mansion built on the ancient estate of Easthampstead Park by the 4th Marquis of Downsnire. , 1870 A cattle and poultry market established. , 1900 The local brickmaking industry was flourishing. Thomas Lawrence's brickworks had reached an annual output of 12 million bricks , 1949 Bracknell Development Corporation set up to lay out and develop Bracknell New Town on 1870 acres (757 hectares), for a population of 25,000. , 1957 Town Centre: first 19 new shops. , 1973 South Hill Park Arts Centre opened. Population 38,000. , 1973 Twinning oath signed between Bracknell and Opladen/Germany. , 1974 Bracknell Parish Council re-designated Bracknell Town Council. , 1982 Development Corporation dissolved and transfer of its houses to the District Council completed. (In all the Corporation built 13,117 houses). , 1984 Parish of Easthampstead north of the Nine Mile Ride (including Easthampstead Park) absorbed into the Parish of Bracknell , 1986 Population of Bracknell District 90,670 of which 51,070 lived in the New Town , 1988 Bracknell District Council re-designated Bracknell Forest Borough Council. , 1990 Borough population 97.200, about 57,000 of them in the New Town. 37,000 dwellings in the Borough, half of them in the New Town. , 1991 H.M. Queen Elizabeth II opened Bracknell's Heritage Centre, "The Look Out"