National Data on New Interwar Manufacturing Plants and Extensions, 1919-1938

The main aims and objectives of the research project from which this dataset arose were:<br> (1) To examine patterns of plant location throughout Britain over the period 1932-38;<br> (2) To examine patterns of plant location in the Greater London region over the interwar period;<br> (3) To explore the extent and nature of local clustering of new manufacturing plants in interwar Britain;<br> (4) To explore the nature of locational externalities in major clusters of new manufacturing plants in interwar Britain;<br> (5) To assess the contribution of new manufacturing plant location to regional change in Britain over the interwar period.<br>