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Redditch history is very much related to the Industrial Revolution in England. The town has had an important impact on manufacturing and its products are known throughout the world. These products include needles, fishing tackle, batteries, springs, motorbikes and other light industrial products.

The purpose of this site is to give a brief introduction to the various aspects of the town’s history but essentially to be a portal to the the various sites which encompass the history of Redditch

If you have any suggestions with regard to sites we should link to, or any other suggestions regarding the site, please feel free to contact us.

Forge Mill Needle Museum & Bordesley Abbey Visitor Centre is the local museum for Redditch. It is based on an historic site which includes a water powered needle scouring mill and the ruins of a Cistercian monastery.

Redditch Local History Society is a recently formed group which has been set up with the aim to encourage, interest and promote the preservation of the towns historic sites and artefacts.

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What’s New ? March/April 2010

I have updated the site with a Redditch history timeline. This has major dates in the history of the area. If you feel that some events has been missed then please contact us.

There is a redesigned Support area. This includes Contact Us, Links, FAQs and a How do I? section. In the 'How do I?' section I have some solutions to important FAQs. The first of these is how to find the history of a building (your house?)

To date, I have used the address www.redditchhistory.co.uk for this site. However, this could cause confusion with the Redditch Local History Society (which I support), whose address is www.redditchhistory.org.uk.

I have therefore changed the primary address of this site to www.redditchhistory.com.

The old address '.co.uk' will still link to this site. This is a bit geeky, but important.