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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Doors: In doorway of rood-loft staircaseof four linen-fold panels with moulded rails and styles, early …
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 … of the women and children are employed in the straw-plat manufacture. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… numerous opulent families in the neighbourhood. Several linen factories have been established, but they are not carried on to any great extent; the manufacture of glass was introduced in 1797, and is conducted … have been established for spinning flax for canvass, linen, sacking-thread, &c.; an extensive branch of the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (1589)] had Yorkshire cloth listed among other LINEN cloths and measured by the ell, a common indication of linen manufacture. OED earliest date of use: 1753 as Yorkshires …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Although the product itself was long known, the method of manufacture there was only explained in the late seventeenth …