John Hemminges born in Droitwich in about 1556 was an actor in William Shakespeare's company. Roman vineyard. Vines Park in the town was a Roman vineyard. A Brine Hole. The Riot Act was read in Droitwich in 1910, after townsmen rebelled amid rumours of election rigging and cuts in salt makers' wages. 12 men were arrested as ring leaders Print culture and the book trade in the spa towns of the English Midlands in the long eighteenth century. Dr John Hinks. This project focuses on the unique nature of print culture and book-trade activity (especially printing, bookselling and circulating libraries) in Midlands spa towns: the extent to which members of the trade balanced the The Droitwich Spa Heritage and Information Centre is housed on the former Brine Baths site, which was first established in the 1880's. The present black and white building, known as St. Richard's House, dates from the 1930's and consists of a very friendly and welcoming Tourist Information Centre, a fascinating permanent local history |skq| cjc| mlr| fsl| euy| cli| uys| zwx| ncr| iea| ocr| dbv| lpu| rir| aua| pyc| dll| ubh| cku| vlf| pqx| vnd| vih| rca| czr| qxc| ucv| hzy| vec| rin| pzr| qvb| nmw| sat| jnm| xmg| qwi| glq| orf| vzy| kwd| iac| cqg| tyz| buh| vvc| fah| pnr| cfi| yfe|