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Eastwood coal, metal castings, rope, wire and agricultural products made valuable contributions to Britain's war effort during the two world wars. In the Second World War, Eastwood supplied soldiers to the Sherwood Foresters Regiment. A memorial on Nottingham Road commemorates Eastwood residents who gave their lives in both world wars. [7]
Eastwood is a civil parish in the Borough of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains 13 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. The parish contains 13 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.
Thomas Warburton (1837–1909) was an English businessman. In 1870, he founded a grocery shop which became a bakery business, known today as Warburtons.It is now the largest bakery business in the United Kingdom, owned by Jonathon, Ross and Brett Warburton, the fifth generation of the family.
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In 2012, the Warburtons brand was the most popular bread in the United Kingdom, ahead of rivals Kingsmill and Hovis, a position it claimed in 2008. [9] Up to 2010, Warburtons products were the second-best selling food and drink brand in the UK after Coca-Cola [7] and ahead of brands such as Cadbury's, Barr's, and Walker's. [10]
There are a number of listed buildings in Nottinghamshire.The term "listed building", in the United Kingdom, refers to a building or structure designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance.
The £3.05m Eastwood-Kimberley By-pass opened on 6 July 1974, and followed a former railway line of the Great Northern Railway; the bypass was opened 16 months ahead of schedule. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The grade-separated Giltbrook Interchange is with the A6096, for Ilkeston , and the large Giltbrook Retail Park, [ 10 ] and IKEA .
St Helen’s church at Brant Broughton, where Warburton was rector from 1727 Prior Park, Warburton's home from 1745. Warburton was born on 24 December 1698 at Newark, Nottinghamshire, where his father, George Warburton was town clerk. [1]