Kettering Through Time

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Kettering Through Time
Over time, Kettering has changed. See if you can
find out what it looked like at these dates. You
dont have to describe it in detail, but write
down how it is different from the previous date.
You will have to use the whole museum to find the
answers, but most of the information from 1086
onwards can be found on maps.
Date How Kettering
looked Evidence (How you
know) 1.5mBC 200,000BC 1086 1587 1785 1901
1938 Present
Ichthyosaur
Woolly Rhino
1. Between which dates did Kettering change the
most? What caused the change?
2. At which date would you most like to have
lived in Kettering? Why?
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Kettering Through Time
Over time, Kettering has changed. See if you can
find out what it looked like at these dates.
Match the description to the date. You will find
most of the answers on maps.
New housing estates around
With the Newlands Centre
Covered by the sea
With a market square
Home to large animals
Many factories and the railway
Only a few houses
With a manor house
Date How
Kettering looked 1.5mBC 200,000BC 1086 1587 1
785 1901 1938 Present
1. Between which dates did Kettering change the
most? What caused the change?
2. At which date would you most like to have
lived in Kettering? Why?