At the factory we made .303 and .5 cases and caps, as well as bullets. On 16 October 1346 David of Scotland was encamped with a great army on the hills near Durham, and raiding bands under a Douglas had been terrorising the neighbourhood. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Short Range Practice ( New Zealand Pattern), 215 gr RNSP, 180 gr PSP, 180 gr HP, 174 gr PSP, 150 gr PSP, 130 gr PSP and 150 gr HP Sporting Ammunition, Mks 4 and 5 Big Game Exploder Sporting Ammunition. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges . After ROF I worked for C.I.E.M.E. They are known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GA Grenfell and Accles Ltd, Perry Barr, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. After May 1918 the CAC monogram was used with two arrows . Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: K or KYNOCH Kynoch & Co, Witton, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. .303 cartridges known to have been produced with the Blackpole headstamped cases from 1941 to 1945 are: Ball, Cordite Mk 7 Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Ballistite H Mk 1Z Dummy, U Mk 5 Incendiary, B Mk 6Z and B Mk 7Z Tracer, G Mks 2, 3 and 4 1985 There were 12 Royal Ordnance Factories still in operation. 1887 Renamed the Royal Ordnance Factories, control passed to the financial secretary's Civil Department. Should the reader be aware of any omissions in this manufacturers listing then the author would be very pleased to hear from them. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PPU or nny Prvi Partizan, Titovo Uzice, YUGOSLAVIA. It was selected to produce small arms ammunition as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plans. Production of ammunition ceased in 1944. Although these were the only houses built before the war, they did provide some hope and allowed the clearance of some of the worst of the squalid areas. The effect of the closure was relieved by the sinking of the Dean and Chapter colliery in 1904, but the reliance on this one basic industry was to persist until the 1960s. Its head office is at Glascoed. A A On cartridges c 1917 indicated a Pomeroy explosive incendiary Mk 2 bullet, C on early pre 1912 cartridges denoted a Cordite propellant charge, K On cartridges c 1918 indicated a Brock explosive incendiary bullet, Z indicated a nitro-cellulose propellant charge in the cartridge. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MG / MF2 Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 2, Gordon Street, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. 1807 Small arms manufacture moved to the Royal Manufactory of Small Arms at Lewisham. Up to 1800 the moor remained largely barren and the few roads across it were dangerous. ROF Blackburn. 2000 Millennium Mining Memorial unveiled in Victoria Jubilee Park. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. 33/4m Bessemer Park Estate completed. There are entire streets without any closet accommodation whatever and in its stead open wooden boxes are placed opposite nearly every doorway for the reception of the excrement, ashes and other refuse; an arrangement which, besides being revolting to every sense of decency, is stated to be offensive in the extreme, especially in hot weather. Birmingham Metal and Munitions had ceased manufacture of ammunition by 1920. 1853 Tudhoe Ironworks established. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball, Mk 7 cartridges. Population 22,000. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of 1938 Reconstruction of Tudhoe Mill Sewerage Works. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Canadian Mk 1 (1955 & 1956). Dean & Chapter andMainsforth Collieries opened. Nitro-cellulose was first used as a propellant in the .303 cartridge during 1894 although it was not officially approved for service until 1916. 1989 Byers Green Village Hall extended and refurbished. Former Essoldo/Tivoli cinema building destroyed by fire. ROF Spennymoor; SAA Factory No. 1716 Subsequently the Royal Brass Foundry was established for the manufacture of brass ordnance. It was involved in the production of .303 cartridges in only a very limited way and is known to have manufactured these cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2 (in cases dated 1943 and 1944). Demolition of High Street Railway Bridge. Also manufactured Mk VI Dummy cartridges, SBR Sellier & Bellot, Riga, LATVIA. It was intended as a training aid only, for the observation of long range shooting where accuracy of fire was not always easily defined, even if tracer ammunition was used. It is known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Cordite H Mk 3 and H Mk 5. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not The only portion of the common that was left was a small plot reserved for the use of a spring of water. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor, Durham, UK. Penny Rate Product 18,500. Single lineRailway Bridge built over High Street. The Rise of Industry The back streets stand deep in filth and mud. Although schemes were inaugurated to relieve the gloom nothing could make up for the lack of steady employment. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 ball cartridges for export pre 1939. Tracer Mk VII.G, G Mk 1, G Mk 2, G Mk 2Z, G Mk 3, Tracer G Mk 3Z, G Mk 4, G Mk 5, G Mk 6, G Mk 6Z, G Mk 7, G Mk 8 and G Mk 8Z, 180 gr Jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, Streamlined Pattern 1936-37 Match Cartridge, Bulleted blanks for Bren, Lewis and Vickers, Experimental armour piercing incendiary (1956). Some of the largest horse-race meetings in the North took place on the moor, and miners and their families attended in all their holiday splendour. EGYPT is known to have produced .303 ball ammunition at the Government Arsenal Shoubra, United Arab Republic and Factory No 10 at Alexandria, Egypt. Used on military .303 (7.7 x 56R) cartridges supplied to Egypt in the period 1948 1954. The arms factory was closed in 1987. This propellant, however, was not considered to be as stable as cordite in the tropics and cordite was, therefore, still retained as a propellant in military cartridges for the remainder of the cartridges service life. Colour coding appears in several forms on small arms ammunition. Post-WWI Returned to lower production levels. However, as always in industrial life, boom was followed by bust or near bust, and by 1879 miners wages were down to 4s 9d a day and those of ironworkers to a mere 3s a day. In 1874 the then Local Government Board had reported: 8 ROF Birtley. Page Bank colliery opened. Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF, Blackburn was part of the Ministry of Defence organisations producing components for the manufacture of armaments and arms related equipment from the late 1930 until after WWII. In 1968 work commenced on the 1,009 houses here and this allowed the clearance of 500 unfit houses as well as the provision of housing work workers coming to the new factories. By Barry W. Gracia, An extensive website on the Vickers machine gun, Harrington Aviation Museum DropZone Newsletter, Identification Manuals Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the .303 British Service Cartridge. Martha Liddle, J.P., was the first person from Spennymoor to be awarded the M.B.E. Known to have produced .303 cartridges during the period 1940 1944 in: C-P Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Armour Piercing W Mk 1, W Mk 1 Special and W Mk 1Z, Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Cordite H Mk 2, H Mk 4 and H Mk 4Z, Incendiary B Mk 6, B Mk 6Z, B Mk 7 and B Mk 7Z. Town wins award in Britain in Bloom Competition. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: 180 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, 150 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. Monogram in use 1940 to 1945. We were then introduced to a number of Canadian boys. In 1930 the coke ovens which remained on the ironworks site were only working intermittently. 1560 The Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey were opened.[1]. VPT Valtion Patruunatehdas, Lapua, FINLAND. We were introduced to several top men who told us our visit had been delayed due to various reasons, because of raids and moonlight. In addition to colour coding, British and Commonwealth .303 ammunition had a letter code pre 1955 to denote the type of bullet as well as the type of propellant charge. B,J,M or N Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co Ltd., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. Royal Ordnance Factory. Proof, Cordite Mk 1, Mk 2, Mk 3, Q Mk 3, Q Mk 4 and Q Mk 5, Tracer SPG(VII.G) Mk 1 and SPG(VII.G) Mk1Z, Tracer G Mk 1, G Mk 1 Special, G Mk 2, G Mk 3 and G Mk 4, Experimental steel anti fouling bulleted rounds, Experimental Armour Piercing Tracer (1917-18), Experimental Explosive, RTS and RTT Cartridges, Experimental Grenade Launching Cartridges. There has been a film made about these men "The guinea pigs". Population 19,073. This round, as originally adopted, consisted of a 215 grain, round nosed, cupro nickel jacketed bullet in front of 71.5 grains of RFG2 Blackpowder. Initially ICI Ltd were to have operated this plant but they were advised in 1940 of the change in plans and the factory was run as a Royal Ordnance Factory by the Ministry of Supply. This factory is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PS or S Pirotechnico Militar de Seville, SPAIN. The USA should therefore, along with Australia, India and the United Kingdom, be considered as one of the major producers of both .303 rifles and ammunition. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded Imperial Japanese Navy Year Type 92 Machine Gun ammunition, which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: F or AF or SAAF Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. We used to shelter under the stairs during air raids. 1868 Spennymoor Steeplechase Meeting at the Four Lane Ends attracted 8,000 spectators. 1940 German H.E. We were shown how the airmen assembled our bullets and taken to try the Frainer Bomber (named the Lincoln Frainer). Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Cartridge Rifle Grenade, H Mk 7Z, M11 and M12, FNM Fabrica Nacional de Municoes e Armas Legeiras, Moscavide, PORTUGAL. Coloured bands on the cartridge case are not common but the following have been used: One inch blue band Reduced charge ball to simulate stoppages in Vickers aircraft guns. 8). Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. In 1910 the 174 grain pointed Mark VII bullet was adopted and the muzzle velocity was increased to 2440 feet per second. Archive List > United Kingdom > Wearside and County Durham, Submitted by Christine Rome at Spennymoor Library on behalf of Elizabeth Hodgson (ne Monaghan). Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1934. Spennymoor Health Centre opened. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: F Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, AUSTRALIA. When cap annulus colours were first introduced in 1918 the Ball Mk VIIz had the annulus coloured black while the Ball Mk VII had the entire cap area coloured purple. You appear to have JavaScript disabled in your browser settings. ROF Blackburn. The headstamp code B denoting the manufacturer should not be confused with B as in BVIIZ which indicates incendiary ammunition. On British military contracts 1940-45 180 & 215 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. The one good road was maintained by tolls collected at turnpike gates. ROF Aycliffe; ROF 59 (Filling Factory No. . HXP Greek Powder and Cartridge Co, Athens, GREECE. 1984 Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment's Waltham Abbey south site became part of Royal Ordnance. 1951 Population 19,740. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7Z ( Late Pattern ), Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Mk 5Z ( Canadian Pattern ). 1962 Pavilions added to Merrington Lane playing fields. 11. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory at Spennymoor. 2005 BAe Land Systems Munitions and Ordnance employs about 1650 people at sites including the former RO sites at Birtley, Bishopton, Bridgwater, Chorley, Glascoed, Radway Green and Shrivenham. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plan. Spennymoor Town Council, TW = Twin Cities Ordnance Plant - Minneapolis, Minnesota. By 1935 the first 66 Council houses had been built, and a year later the first 106 North Eastern Housing Association houses were erected on the Racecourse Estate site. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. Policy. During WW1 Eley produced in excess of 209 Million .303 Mk 7 cartridges. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. M Nobel Explosives Ltd., Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM. Although the factory was completed in 1816, it was not until the 1850s that it was in a position to produce large enough quantities of weapons to service the British military after mechanised machinery from the US was installed. The headstamp code G, denoting manufacturer, should not be confused with G as in GIV indicating a tracer cartridge. ROF Brackla; ROF 41 at Brackla and ROF 53 at Waterton, ROF Dunham on the Hill; Explosives storage depot. Durham Light Infantry Brigade had lots of men from Spennymoor were sent to Oxford to train for overseas, they were billeted in a brewery in Nook Norton. The coal mining at Whitworth and a small foundry at Merrington Lane were the earliest industries, but in 1853 the Weardale Iron and Coal Company opened its great ironworks at Tudhoe. 915.78 GBX Go to investor center Data is from the London Stock Exchange and may be delayed by 15 minutes or more. Even by 1938 the situation had improved little. After the war in 1918 Kynoch Ltd, in common with most other British small arms ammunition manufacturers, was merged into Explosives Trades Ltd, later to become Nobel Industries. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. Known to have manufactured 7.7 x 56R bulleted blanks, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. A further reorganisation and expansion followed in 1889 when George Kynoch was ousted from the management and this then culminated in a further change of title to Kynoch Ltd in 1897. For any other comments, please Contact Us. This fortress must have been of great strength, for it stood on a height above the River Wear; many coins, urns, altars and pieces of Roman pottery have been found, as well as the remains of a hypocaust of the heating system. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. Nitro-cellulose filled .303 American WW1 Contract Pattern cartridges were produced during the period 1914 1917 as. The ROF Regiment were stationed in Spennymoor factory. Cases were supplied by MJ, Ball Mk 7 (loaded into cases with BVI head stamp). 8; . This story has been placed in the following categories. 1906 Police Station opens. 1895 First meeting of Urban District Council. 1942 There were 42 Royal Ordnance factories at this time, of which 24 were engineering, 8 made explosives, and 10 were engaged in filling ordnance (these numbers seem to have been confused by the MP reporting these statistics). Spennymoor was ringed with collieries, black furnaces and coke ovens and the new prosperity showed itself in the building of better houses and in the opening of Co-operative stores. Troubled Years In 1918 this factory had the capacity to produce about 5.4 million rounds per month. This of course was not the total number of .303 rifles produced in the UK during WW2, as the SMLE Rifle No 1 was still being manufactured, BSA alone producing nearly a quarter of a million No 1 Mk III and III* rifles. CHINA is known to have produced some 7.7mm rimmed ammunition for use in captured Japanese machine guns from 1945 onwards. 1880 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 17,000 tons of iron and 2,000 tons of steel. High Street, A or AI Artillerie Inrichtingen, Hembrug, NETHERLANDS. Monogram in use 1941 1945. In 1918 this factory was capable of producing at the rate of about 10 million rounds per month. 1992 Jubilee Park wins Best Park in Town Award in Northumbria in Bloom Competition. Johnson, who made a fortune out of it. With the creation of the Ministry of Munitions, it was a logical step for that Ministry to take over supervision of these factories and co-ordinate their production with that of the other National Factories then being established. G18F1 or C18F1 Government Cartridge Factory No 1, Blackheath, Staffs., UNITED KINGDOM. I was an Air Raid Warden which meant seeing my workmates into the air raid shelter safely and staying with them until the air raid was over after the all clear siren. The factory at Bishopton was responsible for producing explosives and propellants from the First World War and continued to supply the Army and Royal Air Force until production ceased in 2002. 1968 Bessemer Park Housing commenced (1,009 houses). Inside, the most interesting feature is the screen, a typical example of late-17th century work. Email: [email protected]. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball Mk 7 cartridges during the period 1914 1918. By 1860, the factory was producing more than 90,000 rifles, or 1,744 a week. One evening, in December 1940, when I . This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. Smart and Brown opens on Ordnance Factory site. 1942 1942 1943 1944 Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland Tikkakoski was the first private arms manufacturer in Finland. K5 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Kidderminster, Worcestershire., UNITED KINGDOM. referenced. The Manor of Merrington belonged successively to the priors, monks and dean and chapter of Durham Cathedral. manufacturing in Britain. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. The monogram MF1 was used for a short time in 1940 when the Gordon Street Factory commenced production. County Durham, Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. Its largest division was ammunition followed by tanks and fighting vehicles, which had factories at Leeds and Nottingham[8]. Jackson, in his Place Names of Durham, 1916, suggests a Scandinavian Spaan meaning shingle-hut and Anglo-Saxon combination involving mar Spennymoor being the moor called after the shingle-hut erected thereon. Electric lighting for Spennymoor. In 1926 when Nobel Industries became part of the new Imperial Chemical Industries, the old Kynoch factory at Witton was retained as the ammunition centre as part of the Metal Group within ICI. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. Spennymoor Leisure Pool opened cost 1.6m. MJ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 4, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. The assets of the company were taken over in 1918 by Explosives Trades Ltd which soon after was renamed Nobel Industries, this new organisation having been founded to amalgamate most of the explosives and ammunition interests of the many separate companies operating in Britain at that time. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7 ( Canadian WW1 contract pattern ) 1914-16, Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7Z ( Canadian Pattern ), Tracer G Mk 2Z, G Mk 4Z ( Canadian Pattern ). WRA = Winchester Repeating Arms - New Haven, Connecticut. Both firms are believed to have manufactured .303 Blackpowder Mk 2 Ball Cartridges, L-E or U Remington UMC, Bridgeport, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Everyman Theatre opens. 17. The coal industry has been replaced by manufacturers of consumer goods, and factories of Electrolux, Thorn Lighting and Black and Decker were established. We were also allowed inside a Halifax Bomber and according to a map we flew all over Darlington and Durham. people who designed and built them. U = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1963 changes were indicated and Durham County Council and then then Ministry of Housing and Local Government agreed that Spennymoor should be a new growth point and that town centre redevelopment should take place; that the Tudhoe ironworks site should be reclaimed; that a major highway scheme should be put into hand; that the Royal Ordnance Factory Industrial Estate should be extended and that the Green Lane Industrial Estate should be developed. Types of Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) 1. ROF Fazakerley was a Royal Ordnance Factory rifle manufacturing plant in Fazakerley, Liverpool, which manufactured small arms such as the Sten and Sterling [1] [2] [3] submachine guns and Lee-Enfield rifle during and after World War II . In 1962 the Metals Division of ICI was reorganised as a separate company known as Imperial Metal Industries (Kynoch) Ltd. During WW1 Kynoch produced in excess of 2,373 million .303 cartridges. 1877 New iron Railway Bridge replaced the old wooden Bridge over the High Street. Cases were made in Birmingham then assembled and loaded at the Abbey Wood Factory, next to Woolwich Arsenal. Brighter Days 1890 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 50,000 tons of steel. We were then taken to the canteen for lunch, which consisted of battered spam and chips. Production gap from Jan 1921 to March 1921 after the factory was leased to the Government Known to have produced during 1920-21 the .303 cartridges in: CP Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Guiseley, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM, although filling took place at Doncaster (see below). TW = Twin Cities Ordnance Plant - Minneapolis, Minnesota. Powder was stored at Greenwich from an early date. 39 and 40. The USA had also produced the .303 Pattern 1914, also known as the Rifle No 3 Mk 1 or 1*, for the British Government during the First World War. They used the MF monogram May 1926 to 1945 and the AF monogram from January 1924 to February 1925. Hornady Hornady have manufactured their Custom brand of nitro-cellulose loaded .303 ammunition in the following sporting cartridges: 150 gr Spire Point Soft nosed sporting cartridge, 174 gr Round Soft nosed sporting cartridge. ROF Steeton; SAA Factory No. King Street Council School built. New Railway station built at Spennymoor. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. US Lend Lease production for the UK was 1,196,706 No 4 rifles whereas the total British wartime production of this rifle was 2,021,913. Post-War: many of the factories were closed, although some were reopened for the Korean war. ROF Bishopton; Explosive ROF (3 factories). 5. In addition to these plants the original cap production was maintained at Witton. Spennymoor Circus and Novely Hippodrome opened. 1988 Spennymoor Cricket Club Ground purchased. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. E or EB Eley Brothers, Edmonton, London, UNITED KINGDOM. Royal Ordnance Factory. R-P Remington Arms Co, Bridgeport, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Believed to have manufactured .303 ammunition as early as 1898 until 1918. World War II had diverse effects upon the town. British military contracts 1914 1917, Ball, Mk 7Z (Canadian Pattern). These houses were, unusually, semi-detached and arranged in a chequerboard layout, very much in contrast to the dreary terraces that were then the standard. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. 1969 Courtaulds Ltd. open spinning factory at Green Lane. 1935 Tudhoe Colliery closes. It began production of .303 Ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. The following types of .303 cartridges are known to have been produced during the period 1897 to 1919: Armour Piercing Mks VII.P, VII.W and VII.W.Z, Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Ballistite H Mk 1. 1913 Queen Mary visits the town. This factory was built in 1916 and was administered on behalf of the Government by the Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co. .303 cartridge production started in early 1918 and continued until late 1918 when the factory ceased production altogether. 1930 New Tivoli cinema opened at a cost of 15,000. Tudhoe and Spennymoor Local History Society founded. This is an insight into the Aycliffe Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF 59, (1941-1945) and the 'Aycliffe Angels'. It began production of .303 ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. Spennymoor had elected Labour MPs for many years, but in recent times the area has become more marginal. The 1944 Christmas Eve a stray German VI Flying Bomb exploded in Tudhoe Cricket Club field at 6 am D-Day, 6th June. Similar jacketed hollow point bullets were used in the Mark IV and V rounds. Identification Manuals Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the .303 British Service Cartridge by B.A. We had stirrup pumps to put out fires from Incendiary Bombs. WWI Massive increase in production. Housing, too, has made great strides since the end of the War. Band Stand refurbished to its former state. On the one hand it brought housing efforts almost to a standstill, but on the industry front it saw the resurgence of Spennymoor as a major centre. RNRA Rhodesia National Rifle Association. 2003 Spennymoor Cemetery Memorial Garden officially opened. The manufacturing departments, namely the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey and the Royal Small Arms Factory (Enfield), were transferred to the War Office. Solid Case, .303inch. The moor itself comes into the record in 1615 as the result of a general muster on the moor of all men able to bear arms within the bishopric, between the ages of 15 and 60; the gathering amounted to 8,320 (Fordyce). BE or BE Royal Ordnance Factory, Blackpole, Worcester, UNITED KINGDOM. c 1948. It was originally built by the Normans and its splendid strategic position led to it being fortified in 1143 by the Scots intruder, William Cumyn. Gateshead refugees arrived in Spennymoor. The origin of the name remains somewhat uncertain some believe it to be derived from the Latin Spina which means a thorn (possibly from the Roman influence at Binchester) and Mor which was the Anglo-Saxon word for a moor. Later, effective tracer and incendiary composition operations were also carried out at Witton. Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp January 1924 to February 1925. asked the Minister of War Transport (1) whether he will provide omnibus facilities to enable girls to travel from Ferryhill and Merrington to the Royal Ordnance factory at Spennymoor in time to commence work at 7.30 a.m., and an omnibus service back to Ferryhill at 5 p.m.; It was really pitiful, these lads had had a terrible time. The MG monogram was changed to MF in 1949 which was used until 1962. In 1938 the .303 Mark VIIIZ round was approved to obtain greater effective range from the Vickers Medium Machine Gun. ROF Swynnerton; Filling Factory No. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges in 1924. Small Arms Ammunition - This type of factory was, in essence, an Engineering factory which specialised in the production of small arms shell casings. Edward lll was otherwise engaged at Crecy in France at the time, but his Queen, Phillipa, with the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of Durham, Lincoln and Carlisle, and the Lords Neville and Percy and others marched North, and with an array of 16,000 men, moved along the ridge from Auckland to Merrington. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. In 1420 the Manor of Whitworth and much of the other land in the vicinity, from Raby to Brancepeth, and including Old Park, Byers Green, Newfield and Tudhoe, became Neville property, and the Earl of Westmorland (a Neville) was granted a licence from Bishop Langley to impark 40 acres at Whitworth, and so began the Whitworth park of today. It became G. Kynoch & Co Ltd in 1884 and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. We were chosen because we had produced the most cases in a certain time and had been neither late or absent. Spennymoor became part of the South West Durham depressed area. KN Kings Norton Metal Co., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. Town Centre redeveloped. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency plans and produced its first complete .303 rounds in October 1940. Royal Ordnance Factory. Engineering - This type of factory produced bomb and shell casings and other metal-based components for all types of munitions. This factory was part of the 1939 1945 war emergency expansion plan and was situated at Blackpole on the site of the earlier Government Cartridge Factory No 3 of 1916. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56R ball ammunition which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridges. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: 180 & 215 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, RR or RRCO Ross Rifle Co, Montreal, CANADA. ROF Blackpool; SAA Factory. 299.06 KB. Chamber pressure however was higher at 20 21 tons per square inch compared to the 19.5 tons per square inch of the Mark VII round. As is to be expected, the moor itself offers little of historical interest but it is linked with the records of Kirk Merrington, Whitworth Old Park, Binchester, Byers Green and Tudhoe, all of which form a part of the early days of Spennymoor. Cordite was used as a propellant from 1891 and the first adopted cordite cartridge, the Cartridge S.A. Ball, Magazine Rifle Cordite Mark 1, had a 215 grain round nosed cupro-nickel jacketed bullet giving a muzzle velocity of about 1970 feet per second at a chamber pressure of about 17.5 tons per square inch. Jubilee Park new Bowling Green created. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Royal_Ordnance&oldid=1277361, Creative My husband worked in the mines with Bevin Boys. Early site history and production [ edit] First World War [ edit] Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor' on Thursday 31 May 1945. 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