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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are amply supplied with water from springs. The manufacture of wooden spindles, spoons, and other articles of … other articles, introduced many years since, and in the manufacture of which 1200 persons are employed. There is also …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… exportation of agricultural and mineral produce, and the manufacture of tobacco-pipes, bricks, and tiles, especially … a considerable quantity of fine white sand, used in the manufacture of flintglass and the finer sorts of British …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… The term was applied to such a large variety of textiles, woollen and linen, that the descriptor probably adds little … filament and prepared for weaving, knitting or the manufacture of sewing THREAD. Although the labels of wool, … Countries, MUSCOVY, and Prussia (defined as SPRUCE), and WOOLLEN yarns from Ireland. Kerridge notes that the chief …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 12 In 1801 there were 26 families engaged in unspecified manufacture, but in 1831 only five families were not employed …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and they live chiefly by selling horn spoons of their own manufacture, and coarse earthenware; their general habits are …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… earlier 19th century included plaiting straw and knitting woollen stockings; 17 later in the century the only trades …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… building-stone. The population is mostly employed in the manufacture of woollencloth, in three large mills. The … the village, which is of considerable antiquity, a small manufacture of tape is carried on; and a wire-mill in the … the vicinity. The inhabitants were formerly engaged in the woollen manufacture; but this has been superseded by that of …