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Beeston, Nottinghamshire history
Domesday
In Bestune at the Conquest, the Saxons Alfag, Alwine and UIchel had three manors consisting of three carucates of land assessed. These were taken from them and given to William Peverel, lord of Nottingham Castle.
19th century
Beeston outgrew its village status as a silk weaving centre in the early 19th century. The first silk mill was burnt down (along with Nottingham Castle) in the Reform Bill riots of 1831. With the decline of the silk industry, many former mills gained light industrial uses.
20th century
In 1901 the National Telephone Company built a factory in Beeston for telephone materials. This was taken over by the British L.M. Ericsson Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in 1903. In 1906 and 1907 a large building was erected, chiefly devoted to cabinet work. Under the Plessey name these large premises continued as a major source of employment through the 1980s. Motor manufacture returned to Beeston in 1987, when the Middlebridge Company set up a small factory in Lilac Grove and produced 77 Scimitar cars.
21st century
Proposals for a light rail (tram) line through Beeston as an extension to the Nottingham Express Transit system were approved by the government in 2009. There was some opposition to this by local traders and others along the proposed route, fearing business losses during the construction period. The line opened on 25 August 2015.
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