Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: NORMA or norma Norma Projectilfabrik, Amotfors, SWEDEN. Floral waistcoats and ribboned hats were worn on these highly colourful occasions. 1928 Spennymoor Golf Club opened at North Close. 1855 The Ordnance Office was dissolved in 1855. This factory manufactured cartridges for use by the British Army in India as well as the Indian Army. 1985 Largest European manufacturer of ammunition, 1986 Royal Ordnance was bought by British Aerospace (BAe). During the battle, the prior from Durham and his monks knelt on a little hillock in the Shaw Wood and prayed for an English victory while holding aloft, impaled on a spear, the Holy Corporax Cloth from the Cathedral. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Cartridge Rifle Grenade, H Mk 7Z, M11 and M12, FNM Fabrica Nacional de Municoes e Armas Legeiras, Moscavide, PORTUGAL. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2 (Australian Pattern) (projectiles were filled by MS at Salisbury). During WW1 Greenwood & Batley are known to have produced in excess of 705 million .303 Mk 7 cartridges. ROF Fazakerley was a Royal Ordnance Factory rifle manufacturing plant in Fazakerley, Liverpool, which manufactured small arms such as the Sten and Sterling [1] [2] [3] submachine guns and Lee-Enfield rifle during and after World War II . Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1914 1918 in: MAXIM Maxim Arms Co.,London, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced Ilmavoimat Konekivaarin Patruuna Kal 7.70 machine gun cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: W or WRA Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 1912 Durham Road Higher Elementary School opened. 1942 Both pilots killed when two Hawker Hurricane aircraft collided and crashed at Tudhoe. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: (The metal components for these rounds were manufactured by MH and MJ at Hendon). SIP - Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme - 2022. 1996 Tony Blair, M.P., opens the new Page Bankroad bridge. 1930 New Tivoli cinema opened at a cost of 15,000. Durham Light Infantry Brigade had lots of men from Spennymoor were sent to Oxford to train for overseas, they were billeted in a brewery in Nook Norton. 1984 Royal Ordnance had 19 factories and 19000 employees when vested for privatization. FC Federal Cartridge Co, Anoka, Minn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in 1942 only. The headstamp code G, denoting manufacturer, should not be confused with G as in GIV indicating a tracer cartridge. On UK Government contracts 1914 1915. The comparative isolation of its moorland situation ended too with the opening of a branch railway from the mainline at Ferryhill in 1876. The USA should therefore, along with Australia, India and the United Kingdom, be considered as one of the major producers of both .303 rifles and ammunition. My Father worked at the factory. In 1874 the then Local Government Board had reported: 1695 Gunpowder was also stored at Upnor Castle (later the Upnor Armaments Supply Depot) from at least as early as 1695. Known to have manufactured Black powder Ball Mk 2 .303 cartridges from 1891 1896. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. Spennymoor was ringed with collieries, black furnaces and coke ovens and the new prosperity showed itself in the building of better houses and in the opening of Co-operative stores. However, as always in industrial life, boom was followed by bust or near bust, and by 1879 miners wages were down to 4s 9d a day and those of ironworkers to a mere 3s a day. In 1923 only four houses were built and there was still massive overcrowding in back to back properties. In 1935 the .303 O Mark 1 Observing round was introduced for use in machine guns. Beretta Group owns now the Tikka arms brand. 10. referenced. In 1938 the .303 Mark VIIIZ round was approved to obtain greater effective range from the Vickers Medium Machine Gun. DL16 6DG. those of the BBC. Initial Radway Green production used a single arrow as the headstamp code and this was replaced in 1942 by the RG code. Incendiary bombs burn down Tudhoe Colliery Co-op. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of A fourth royal factory, the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough was also taken over by the Ministry in 1916. The manufacturing departments, namely the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey and the Royal Small Arms Factory (Enfield), were transferred to the War Office. 1940 German H.E. On 16 October 1346 David of Scotland was encamped with a great army on the hills near Durham, and raiding bands under a Douglas had been terrorising the neighbourhood. 1934 to 1939 Many new Royal Ordnance Factories were built to enhance the capacity of the Royal Arsenal, Royal Gunpowder Factory and the Royal Small Arms Factory which, being close to London, were susceptible to being bombed[6]. County Durham, Used on military .303 (7.7 x 56R) cartridges supplied to Egypt in the period 1948 1954. My sister lived in Billingham which was badly bombed, the sky was full of barrage balloons to protect the ICI factory. 1716 Subsequently the Royal Brass Foundry was established for the manufacture of brass ordnance. By 1860, the factory was producing more than 90,000 rifles, or 1,744 a week. P or PC Peters Cartridge Co., Kings Mills, Ohio, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56R ball ammunition which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridges. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: MJB Incendiary Annexe to MJ Hendon, AUSTRALIA. 1929 Prince of Wales visits Spennymoor. Call Us: 01388 815276 This cupro-nickle jacketed bullet, produced at the Dum Dum ammunition factory in India, had an exposed lead nose which gave rapid expansion on impact and therefore greater wounding effect when it hit a body. These factories were given the designation Royal Ordnance Factories (ROF). Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MH Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 3, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. In 1677 the small freeholders and the local gentry divided 243 acres of the moor between themselves, an act which was confirmed by the Chancery Court. do not work properly without it enabled. The town was founded over 160 years ago. Population declines to 15,440.First Council houses erected on racecourse site. Jackson, in his Place Names of Durham, 1916, suggests a Scandinavian Spaan meaning shingle-hut and Anglo-Saxon combination involving mar Spennymoor being the moor called after the shingle-hut erected thereon. ITALY used both bullet tip and annulus codes, Armour Piercing Incendiary (Phosphorus filled) Blue tip, Armour Piercing Incendiary (Thermite filled) Green tip, UNITED KINGDOM AND COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES BEFORE c 1955,ie Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and South Africa used bullet tip and annulus code from about 1918 onwards, Armour Piercing Green tip, Green annulus, Tracer Short Range White tip, Red annulus, Tracer Dark Ignition Grey tip, Red annulus. 1869 Shaft sunk at Tudhoe Grange Colliery. One evening, in December 1940, when I . US Lend Lease production for the UK was 1,196,706 No 4 rifles whereas the total British wartime production of this rifle was 2,021,913. 11. I remember Tudhoe Colliery being bombed. Commonly known locally as the "Fuse" or "Fuze", because the majority of components in production related to the fuse mechanisms used on most explosive devices at the time, bombs. 13 Oct 2022 - Notice to Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme ("The Scheme") Members. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: W-W Winchester Western Division of Olin Industries, New Haven, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. It is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Cordite Mk 2, Mk 2 Special, Mk 6 and Mk 7. This was very interesting there of course was a special way of doing this that it opened properly when required. 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, Parade of Golden Roses, Jubilee Park. Known to have produced .303 cartridges during the period 1940 1944 in: C-P Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Used the same annulus colour coding as United Kingdom for ammunition supplied under contract to the British Government during both the First and Second World Wars. Cordite consisted of 58% Nitro-glycerine, 37% Nitro-cellulose and 5% Mineral Jelly and was normally pressed into cord form but tubular, tape, flaked and sliced cordite were also used. Royal Small Arms Factory Factory No 2. The run-down of the mining industry, however, was nevertheless a serious blow. Penny Rate Product 239. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 ball cartridges for export pre 1939. The last tracer round introduced into British service was the G Mark 8 round approved in 1945, the last armour piercing round was the W Mark 1Z introduced in 1945 and the last incendiary round was the B Mark 7 introduced in 1942. These soft nosed and hollow pointed bullets were considered however to be in contravention of the St Petersburg Declaration and the Hague Convention, in 1903 they were withdrawn from active service and were afterwards to be used solely for target practice. Rough houses were built for the pit workers - houses with two rooms and a loft, more like. It was intended as a training aid only, for the observation of long range shooting where accuracy of fire was not always easily defined, even if tracer ammunition was used. Used the monogram 1942 to 1945. 1886 The Sparkbrook factory of the National Arms and Ammunition Co was sold to the government[2] in order to secure the production of small arms. 2003 Spennymoor Cemetery Memorial Garden officially opened. D Dominion Cartridge Co., Brownsberg, Quebec, CANADA. I was an Air Raid Warden which meant seeing my workmates into the air raid shelter safely and staying with them until the air raid was over after the all clear siren. I remember lads coming home from Dunkirk, I helped WRVS to feed and sew stripes on their clothes. Brighter Days 1891 Whitworth Hall restored after fire of 1877. 1920 Durham County Water Board provides water supply. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. 8 ROF Birtley. 1962 Pavilions added to Merrington Lane playing fields. This mark of bullet remained the standard ball round for the remainder of the .303 cartridges service life. As a general rule the absence of a colour coding indicates a standard ball cartridge. Inside, the most interesting feature is the screen, a typical example of late-17th century work. M Nobel Explosives Ltd., Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM. bombs fall on Tudhoe. These appalling conditions continued into the 20th century and even by 1920 less than 10% of the town houses had water closets. When cap annulus colours were first introduced in 1918 the Ball Mk VIIz had the annulus coloured black while the Ball Mk VII had the entire cap area coloured purple. ROF Brackla; Filling Factory No. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1934. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 8Z ( Canadian Pattern ), Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Ballistite H Mk 1Z ( Canadian Pattern ), Tracer G Mk 2Z, G Mk 4Z, G Mk 6Z ( Canadian Pattern ). The Mark VI round was introduced in 1904 with a 215 grain jacketed round nosed bullet similar to the Mark II bullet but with a thinner jacket. There are entire streets without any closet accommodation whatever and in its stead open wooden boxes are placed opposite nearly every doorway for the reception of the excrement, ashes and other refuse; an arrangement which, besides being revolting to every sense of decency, is stated to be offensive in the extreme, especially in hot weather. Post-War: many of the factories were closed, although some were reopened for the Korean war. 1868 Spennymoor Steeplechase Meeting at the Four Lane Ends attracted 8,000 spectators. BLANCH J Blanch & Sons of Fenchurch St, London, UNITED KINGDOM. 1909 Pavilion Roller Skating Rink (The Rink) built in Clarence Street. Wolsey adopted by people of Spennymoor. Do Hirtenberg Patronenfabrik factory at Dordrecht, NETHERLANDS. 1898 North Eastern Hotel destroyed by fire. This factory is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PS or S Pirotechnico Militar de Seville, SPAIN. In 1963 changes were indicated and Durham County Council and then then Ministry of Housing and Local Government agreed that Spennymoor should be a new growth point and that town centre redevelopment should take place; that the Tudhoe ironworks site should be reclaimed; that a major highway scheme should be put into hand; that the Royal Ordnance Factory Industrial Estate should be extended and that the Green Lane Industrial Estate should be developed. C.E. On the one hand it brought housing efforts almost to a standstill, but on the industry front it saw the resurgence of Spennymoor as a major centre. Spennymoor, United Kingdom (1913-1945). In 1887, when they were renamed the Royal Ordnance Factories, control passed to the financial secretary's Civil Department, from which in 1899 they returned to the . International Bowls Championships held in Town. Mr. Leslie. Engineering - This type of factory produced bomb and shell casings and other metal-based components for all types of munitions. K5 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Kidderminster, Worcestershire., UNITED KINGDOM. After ROF I worked for C.I.E.M.E. Object details Category Weapons and ammunition Related period Second World War (production), Second World War (association) Creator Royal Ordnance Factory Spennymoor (GB & Durham) Production date Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges during 1988. .303 cartridges known to have been produced with the Blackpole headstamped cases from 1941 to 1945 are: Ball, Cordite Mk 7 Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Ballistite H Mk 1Z Dummy, U Mk 5 Incendiary, B Mk 6Z and B Mk 7Z Tracer, G Mks 2, 3 and 4 PMP Pretoria Metal Pressings (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. King Street Council School built. IS - Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme - 2022. 1985 Victoria Jubilee Park purchased by the Town Council. The works then possessed the largest mill in Europe, capable of rolling plates up to 13 feet in width. Dean & Chapter andMainsforth Collieries opened. 1807 Small arms manufacture moved to the Royal Manufactory of Small Arms at Lewisham. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1937, SFM Societe Francaise des Munitions, Issy les Moulineaux, FRANCE. 1875 Croxdale Colliery explosion 1 miner killed. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. Nitro-cellulose filled .303 American WW1 Contract Pattern cartridges were produced during the period 1914 1917 as. We were also allowed inside a Halifax Bomber and according to a map we flew all over Darlington and Durham. Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No 2. MI Societe Meridionale dIndustrie, Robert Paulet & Cie ( formerly called Cartoucherie Leon Paulet), Marseille, FRANCE. Spennymoor had elected Labour MPs for many years, but in recent times the area has become more marginal. RTS Richard Threlfall and Sons, UNITED KINGDOM. We had workers playtime during our half hour break. Up to 1800 the moor remained largely barren and the few roads across it were dangerous. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball, Mk 7 cartridges. Temple, Collectors Cartridge Catalogue No 29 by Conjay Arms Company Ltd, Whitneys Heritage, A Study of Cartridges Manufactured by The Colonial Ammunition Company in New Zealand. DI Defence Industries, Verdun, CANADA. SR = Royal Ordnance Factory - Spennymoor, United Kingdom. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. ROF Steeton; SAA Factory No. When, in 1894, Spennymoor and its adjacent villages achieved a measure of self government on the Spennymoor Urban District Council, the new authority found itself facing a legacy of poor housing. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Armour Piercing W Mk 1 and W Mk 1 Special. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites 1944 Christmas Eve a stray German VI Flying Bomb exploded in Tudhoe Cricket Club field at 6 am D-Day, 6th June. Spennymoor is known to have produced .303 cartridges such as Ball Mk 7 and 8Z, Blank L Mk 5, Incendiary B Mk 6, B Mk 6Z, B . 1987 Middlestone Moor Community Centre extended. ROF Brackla; ROF 41 at Brackla and ROF 53 at Waterton, ROF Dunham on the Hill; Explosives storage depot. Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp March 1925 to April 1926. Former Essoldo/Tivoli cinema building destroyed by fire. The Norman Conquest meant little to the border folk initially, for they had lived with the constant threat of massacre by raiding Picts and Danes, but then Williams soldiers laid waite the county and distributed the Saxon nobles estates among themselves. They used the MF monogram May 1926 to 1945 and the AF monogram from January 1924 to February 1925. This page was last edited on 27 May 2022, at 11:53. 20. FNT Fabrica Nacional de Espana, Palencia, SPAIN. MF or AF Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 1, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. . 8). Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: 130gr, 150gr, 180gr and 215 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, OFN Government Ordinance Factory, Lagos, NIGERIA. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2,G Mk 3, G Mk 4, G Mk 5 and G Mk 6. A National School was built and opened in 1841; St.Pauls Church was built at Spennymoor in 1858 and all through these formative years the Non-conformist churches combined welfare work with prayer. On nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Mk 7z Ball cartridges made by FNM of Moscavide, PORTUGAL. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball Mk 7 cartridges during the period 1914 1918. Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. The greatest project came with the development of the Tudhoe ironworks site 70 acres that was turned into the Bessemer Park Housing Estate. In WWI the Ministry of Munitions took over responsibility for manufacture of explosives (see H. M. Explosive Factories) and for filling of munitions (see National Filling Factories and National Projectile Factories, etc). Although these days of rapid industrialisation and rapid growth of population were days of ignorance and squalor, they also saw the 19th century drive for education and religion. 5. The latter resulted in colliery workers houses springing up on the main Durham road. E or EB Eley Brothers, Edmonton, London, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball cartridges 1923. Providing . 1803 the Royal Carriage Department was set up, 1804 Manufacture of small arms began at the Tower of London. 1921 Royal Ordnance took over the National Filling Factories. people who designed and built them. Byers Green and Kirk Merrington redeveloped. In 1926 when Nobel Industries became part of the new Imperial Chemical Industries, the old Kynoch factory at Witton was retained as the ammunition centre as part of the Metal Group within ICI. 1867 The Black Horse public house built in Tudhoe. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. Incendiary B Mk 3, B Mk 4Z*, B Mk 6, B Mk 6Z. 1913 Queen Mary visits the town. The arms factory was closed in 1987. Types of Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) 1. Policy. The name Binchester is the usual Saxon corruption or adaptation of the Roman site name. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. BM British Munitions Co Ltd, Millwall, London, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges: Ball, Mk 7 for 1914 1917 military contracts, Ball, Mk 7Z ( American WW2 Contract Pattern ). 2001 Memorial to two Hurricane pilots killed in aircrash at Tudhoe in 1942 unveiled at York Hill Cemetery. The assets of the company were taken over in 1918 by Explosives Trades Ltd which soon after was renamed Nobel Industries, this new organisation having been founded to amalgamate most of the explosives and ammunition interests of the many separate companies operating in Britain at that time. 1853 Tudhoe Ironworks established. This round had a muzzle velocity of 1830 feet per second and a chamber pressure of about 19 tons per square inch. Population 16,369. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian. Quite a few of these men must have been miners, as at that time coale pits were being worked at Whitworth, Byers Green and Fernhill. 1904 Tudhoe Rugby Club defunct. Coloured bands on the cartridge case are not common but the following have been used: One inch blue band Reduced charge ball to simulate stoppages in Vickers aircraft guns. This factory was built in 1916 and was administered on behalf of the Government by the Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co. .303 cartridge production started in early 1918 and continued until late 1918 when the factory ceased production altogether. public. Chamber pressure however was higher at 20 21 tons per square inch compared to the 19.5 tons per square inch of the Mark VII round. ROF Blackpool; SAA Factory. In 1420 the Manor of Whitworth and much of the other land in the vicinity, from Raby to Brancepeth, and including Old Park, Byers Green, Newfield and Tudhoe, became Neville property, and the Earl of Westmorland (a Neville) was granted a licence from Bishop Langley to impark 40 acres at Whitworth, and so began the Whitworth park of today. All these villages had common rights on the moor but, as it became denuded by increasing flocks, some of the local people were induced to relinquish their rights and so, gradually, the common became the property of just one owner Merrington Priory. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Royal_Ordnance&oldid=1277361, Creative This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . Housing, too, has made great strides since the end of the War. Small Arms Ammunition - This type of factory was, in essence, an Engineering factory which specialised in the production of small arms shell casings. R..W Rudge Whitworth Ltd., Tyseley, UNITED KINGDOM. K2 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Standish, near Wigan, Lancs, UNITED KINGDOM. 1560 The Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey were opened.[1]. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. 1877 New iron Railway Bridge replaced the old wooden Bridge over the High Street. Since the introduction of the .303 cartridge in 1889 it has been manufactured in at least 20 countries and in nearly 200 military variants as well as in numerous experimental and sporting cartridge configurations. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. 1818 The work of the Lewisham establishment was transferred to Enfield. Although schemes were inaugurated to relieve the gloom nothing could make up for the lack of steady employment. There were, of course, early problems, but the new industries became established and, in most cases, began to expand. This factory was also set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plans. On 2 January the majority were vested in the UK Government-owned company Royal Ordnance Plc together with 3 Agency-operated Factories, the Waltham Abbey south site and the Royal Small Arms Factory. Archive List > United Kingdom > Wearside and County Durham, Submitted by Christine Rome at Spennymoor Library on behalf of Elizabeth Hodgson (ne Monaghan). ROF Bishopton; Explosive ROF (3 factories). Spennymoor Settlement, opened in 1931 with a grant from the Pilgrim Trust, aimed to support the unemployed by encouraging : Tolerant neighbourliness and voluntary social service and {giving} its members opportunities for increasing their knowledge, widening their interests and cultivating their creative powers in a friendly atmosphere. Similar jacketed hollow point bullets were used in the Mark IV and V rounds. Martha Liddle, J.P., was the first person from Spennymoor to be awarded the M.B.E. Production of ammunition ceased in 1944. FN Fabrique National dArmes de Guerre, Herstal, BELGIUM. DWM Deutsche Waffen Und Munitionsfabrik, Karlsruhe, GERMANY. In addition to these plants the original cap production was maintained at Witton. Known to have produced .303 cartridges with this headstamp April 1921 to December 1923, although some also produced in March 1924. Rough houses were built for the pit workers houses with two rooms and a loft, more like piggeries than human habitation according to Dodd. Known to have produced .303 cartridges up to 1919 in: L There is some confusion over this headstamp code as both Lorenz Ammunition and Ordnance Co, Millwall, London, UNITED KINGDOM and Ludlow and Co, Wolverhampton, Staffs, UNITED KINGDOM are believed to have used a L as their code and both manufactured .303 cartridges between 1887 and 1890. On explosive anti Zeplin cartridges. The Spennymoor ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. I listened to Vera Lynne and Tommy Handley who's catchphrase was 'Ta Ta for now (TTFN)'. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: US United States Cartridge Co, Lowell, Mass., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. 1880 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 17,000 tons of iron and 2,000 tons of steel. Quarter inch green band Canadian made tracer, Wide green band at equator of case Canadian made Match Ball (1922), Six purple bands around equator of case Canadian Match Ball (1926), Ball round with case blackened quarter inch back from the mouth Short Range Practice Mk 1 (1895 1897), or Mk 2 (1899 1912), Case completely blackened with brass dummy bullet Blank with mock bullet Mk 6, Blank case all black Rifle grenade blank Mk 2, Blank, front half black Rifle Grenade, Ballistite, Blank, front and rear thirds black Rifle grenade Mk 4 for Grenade No 85, Blank, rear half black Rifle grenade blank Mk 7z or Smoke discharger Mk 1T, Ball, reddened case Proof round Mks 1 to 3. Town Hall, The first blow was the closure in 1901 of the ironworks which had been rendered obsolete by the pace of change elsewhere. Troubled Years 1994 Town wins National Allotment Society Waterlow Trophy. 1906 Birmingham Small Arms Co took over the Royal Small Arms Factory at Sparkbrook[5]. however, William allowed some of the previous owners to retain their lands, and one of these was Whittleworth now Whitworth whose first known proprietor was Thomas de Acle who held it in 1183. Factory in operation 1828 1919. The arms factory was closed in 1987. Today, Merrington church is one of the most prominent local landmarks. V.J.Day. Although the factory was completed in 1816, it was not until the 1850s that it was in a position to produce large enough quantities of weapons to service the British military after mechanised machinery from the US was installed. It was originally built by the Normans and its splendid strategic position led to it being fortified in 1143 by the Scots intruder, William Cumyn. ROF Bishopton; Explosive ROF (3 factories). Find out how you can use this. RG Royal Ordnance Factory, Radway Green, Cheshire, UNITED KINGDOM. Believed to have manufactured .303 ammunition as early as 1898 until 1918. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Mks 7 and 8Z. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges for export. The Manor of Merrington belonged successively to the priors, monks and dean and chapter of Durham Cathedral. R-P Remington Arms Co, Bridgeport, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and Used code U from 1939 1961 and SAM thereafter. The next day the main bodies of the two armies met at Nevilles Cross, near Durham, and the Scots were slaughtered. WWI Massive increase in production. 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