Feature video: The world's first factories
The story of how the first factories came to be, and what they look like.
Supports: textbooks History: Georgian Times, Victorian times, Geography: Where we live (settlement)
Playing time: 7 min

Video playlist

Edinburgh's New Towns
Harrogate is one of many Georgian spa towns that are far from the sea. They developed, like Bath, around pump rooms where supposed health-giving waters were pumped up from the limestone rocks.
Supports: textbook 'Georgian times'. Geography: Settlement
Playing time: 6 min

Harrogate
Harrogate is one of many Georgian spa towns that are far from the sea. They developed, like Bath, around pump rooms where supposed health-giving waters were pumped up from the limestone rocks.
Supports: textbook 'Georgian times'. Geography: Settlement
Playing time: 6 min

Brighton Front
Brighton has the longest promenade of the Georgian seaside towns because of its connection to the Prince Regent. This drive shows you how many wealthy Georgians once stayed for a season in Brighton.
Supports: textbook Georgian times. Geography: Settlement
Playing time: 5 min

Brighton Regency square
Brighton developed in Regency times because it was where the Prince Regent (later George IV) stayed while at the seaside. The town does not have circles and crescents, but rather it has elegant squares like this one.
Supports: textbooks Georgian times. Geography: Settlement
Playing time: 3 min

Bath Regency Circle
Bath developed Regency crescents and circles for the wealthy in Georgian times. They were homes for the wealthy in times when travel was difficult, so people stayed here while taking eh waters. Cheltenham, Royal Tunbridge Wells and Harrogate are other well-known examples.
Supports: textbook 'Georgian times'. Geography: Settlement
Playing time: 4 min

London's Docks
Most people think London's Docks were Victorian, but in fact they were Georgian, and all developed for the Empire Trade. This drone video talks about this history and shows how the Georgian docks have been redeveloped for modern uses.
Supports: textbook 'Georgians'. Geography: Settlement
Playing time: 6 min

Eastbourne
Eastbourne was famous as the place where the health giving benefits of the sea were first developed. Its seafront houses, though today mainly hotels, were once the grand residences of the wealthy.
Supports: textbook 'Georgian times'. Geography: Settlement
Playing time: 4 min (V286)

Edinburgh Prince's Street
Edinburgh's Prince's St was the first part of the New Town built to relieve pressure on the overcrowded city next to the castle. It was once private houses and gardens, not shops and public gardens as we see it today.
Supports: textbook 'Georgians'. Geography: Settlement
Playing time: 4 min

Liverpool
Much of Liverpool's growth was in Georgian times. This video gives the story of Liverpool's rise to become Britain's richest city in Georgian times.
Supports: textbook 'Georgian times'. Geography: Settlement
Playing time: 4 min

Eyam plague village
Explains a very personal study of a wife who lost her husband and children and had to bury them all herself while the village remained isolated for fear of spreading the plague.
Supports: textbook 'Georgian times'. Geography: Settlement
Playing time: min