Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village

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Ben Robinson explores the story of the village from Norman times to the present day

Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the story of the village from Norman times to the present day

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Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village: Series 1: Cromford

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26/11/2018

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BBC Four - Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village, Series 1, Cromford

Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the history of the village of Cromford in Derbyshire.

Ben Robinson uncovers the story of Cromford, a Derbyshire village at the heart of industrialist Sir Richard Arkwright's mechanised cotton mills and a textile revolution.

The story of Cromford. A picturesque Derbyshire village at the heart of famous industrialist Sir Richard Arkwright's mechanised cotton mills and a textile revolution. Presenter and archaeologist Ben Robinson discovers it wasn't just an industrial revolution. Cromford became a new kind of village, built to service the enterprise of this powerful man.

Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village: Series 1

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Ben Robinson explores the story of the village from Norman times to the present day.

Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the story of the village from Norman times to the present day.

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