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The museum is dedicated to the Brick and Tile Industry of Somerset. Bridgwater had been a centre of trade and industry since the Middle Ages, benefiting from local clay from the alluvial deposits of the River Parrett to make bricks and tiles. In the 1840s there were 1,300 people in Bridgwater employed making bricks and tiles. [1] [2]
The trust is also responsible for three local museums: The Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury, [6] the Museum of Somerset in Taunton [7] and The Brick and Tile Museum in Bridgwater. [8] Workshops and resources are also available to local schools. [9] Courses are provided which include those on searching family history and reading old handwriting ...
Bridgwater & Albion are Somerset's highest-placed rugby team, playing in National League 3 South and are based at College Way. [160] It was founded in 1875. [161] The cricket club play at The Parks on Durleigh Road. [162] Bridgwater Hockey Club was founded in 1925 and field four men's teams and three women's teams, playing fixtures at 1610 ...
The Blake Museum works closely with the Bridgwater Heritage Group, which was established in 2012 by the late Dr Peter Cattermole [12] to publish detailed illustrated accounts online of the town's lost buildings. Dr Cattermole was the museum's first Honorary Curator after its return to the town council, in 2009.
Bridgwater Friary was a Franciscan monastery in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, established in 1245 and dissolved in 1538. It was founded by William Briwere and moved from another location. Further buildings were added in 1278 and 1284. [1] The church was rebuilt in the 15th century and consecrated in 1445. [2]
Almeda Park and Community Center. Almeda is an area located along Texas State Highway 288 and the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Southwest Houston, Texas, United States that used to be a distinct unincorporated community in Harris County. Almeda is 11 miles (18 km) from Downtown Houston. [1]
Bridgwater, town and civil parish in Somerset Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency) which existed from 1885 to 2010; Bridgwater and West Somerset (UK Parliament constituency), current constituency for this area; RHS Garden Bridgewater, Greater Manchester; Bridgewater, Banbridge, a development in County Down, Northern Ireland
As a result, the Bridgwater factory closed in the summer of 2005, while the factory in Tecumseh remained open . 250 jobs were lost, and the site is still under development as of January 2013. In 2012 EDF purchased the site, [1] including the Grade II listed 16th century building. [2] In 2015 the industrial site was razed to the ground.