Weston-super-Mare
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Local History | |
| 1080 | Approx. date of earliest parts of Uphill Church |
| 1086 | Doomsday Book documents Uphill as having 80 inhabitants |
| 1129 | Consecration of Uphill Church |
| 1210 | Approximate date for founding of Woodspring Priory |
| 1348 | First known written record of the name Weston-super-Mare |
| 1791 | Thatched Cottage was built |
| 1805 | Building of the School House in Uphill |
| 1812 | Westons first hotel (The Royal) opens |
| 1822 | First guide book for Weston-super-Mare published |
| 1822 | Knightstone Baths Open |
| 1825 | First pleasure steamer to arrive in Weston docks at Knightstone |
| 1826 | Planting of trees starts in Weston Woods |
| 1828 | West wall of Uphill Church painted white to help ships navigate |
| 1833 | Uphill village officially became part of Weston-super-Mare |
| 1841 | Gas arrives in Weston |
| 1841 | Westons first Railway Station opens |
| 1843 | First edition of the Weston Mercury (originally called The Westonian) |
| 1843 | Weston gets its first sewers |
| 1844 | New Uphill Church (in the village) consecrated |
| 1846 | Westons first Voluntary Fire Brigade Formed |
| 1848 | Kewstoke Toll Road Opened |
| 1853 | Opening of the towns first Water Works |
| 1857 | Dispensary built in Alfred Street |
| 1866 | Opening of Westons second railway station |
| 1867 | Attempt to build international harbour at Brean Down |
| 1867 | Opening of Birnbeck Pier |
| 1868 | Sanatorium opened at the end of the Promenade |
| 1882 | Weston gets a Lifeboat Station |
| 1885 | Towns only Fire Service closed when Volunteers Disbanded |
| 1886 | Construction of the see front completed |
| 1886 | Volunteer Fire Brigade reformed with new HQ behind original Town Hall |
| 1898 | Birnbeck Pier devastated in major fire |
| 1900 | Soldier blows up Brean Down Fort by firing gun into the Armoury |
| 1901 | Fire Station in Oxford Street Completed |
| 1901 | Weston gets mains electricity |
| 1902 | Electric Trams arrive in Weston |
| 1903 | Construction starts on the Grand Pier |
| 1904 | First section of Grand Pier Opened |
| 1906 | Grand Pier extended to allow ships to land passengers |
| 1916 | Grand Pier shortened to present length |
| 1926 | Light Amusements appear on the Grand Pier |
| 1927 | Winter Gardens Open |
| 1930 | Grand Pier Pavilion destroyed in great fire |
| 1933 | Grand Pavilion reopens after being rebuilt following the fire |
| 1935 | Construction of the Floral Clock |
| 1935 | Opening of the Odeon Cinema |
| 1936 | Opening of Hutton Moor Airfield |
| 1937 | Tram service closes |
| 1939 | Weston gets first Professional Fire Fighter (previously it relied on Volunteers) |
| 1948 | Old Sanatorium converted for use by NHS as the Royal Hospital |
| 1954 | National Trust acquire Brean Down |
| 1970 | M5 Motorway construction reaches St. Georges |
| 1974 | Grand Pier Listed by Department of Environment as Historic Monument |
| 1974 | Opening of the Helicopter Museum |
| 1979 | Opening of the West Mendip Way |
| 1981 | Uphill Divested by great flood |
| 1983 | Completion of the new Uphill Flood Defences |
| 1985 | Current hospital at Uphill built to replace the Royal Hospital |
| 2000 | Closure of RAF Locking |
| 2008 | Grand Pier Completely destroyed in a fire |
| 2010 | The new Grand Pier opens after rising from the ashes of the old pier |
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