by Bob King | Apr 30, 2020 | Victorian Britain
Way back as part of the plans for the 1780 upgrade one of the foremost architects of the day, James Wyatt who designed a number of Oxford Colleges, the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and the Royal Arsenal and Military Barracks at Woolwich submitted plans for the...
by Bob King | Apr 23, 2020 | Victorian Britain
I’ll try and give a snapshot of Island life this week as there were no major events on the Island until 1846 when a new battery of guns, new buildings and annexes to existing buildings were constructed. The Plymouth Breakwater was sufficiently complete by 1814 to give...
by Bob King | Apr 16, 2020 | Charles II to Victoria, Victorian Britain
1800 marked the beginning of the 19th Century, George III was on the throne and we were involved in the War of the French Revolution against the French Republic and Spain that continued until 1808. After France and Spain invaded Portugal in 1807 the Spanish revolted...
