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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1670
… petition, to find some other way to further the trade of weaving holland, damask, and diaper, and dressing English …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in the linen trade until 1812, and one later established weaving shops in the village producing dowlais. 91 A ropeworks was established above the weaving shops but later moved to a ropewalk east of the … in 1929. 92 In the 1850s kennels, built on the site of the weaving sheds, employed whippers in, huntsmen, and grooms. In …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at Congleton, Macclesfield, Stockport, and Sandbach; the weaving of ribbon forms the staple trade of Congleton, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The printing of calicoes, and power-loom and hand-loom weaving, are the principal manufactures. The Leeds and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in the early 18th century local textile trades included weaving and tailoring; the leather trades comprised tanning, … and there were blacksmiths, carpenters, and coopers. 12 Weaving was locally established by 1570 when Thomas Hayles, a … left his looms to his cousin William Corfield, 14 and weaving still continued in the early 19th century, 15 when …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in 1623, and substantial sums were paid for spinning and weaving. Some of this relief work was done 'in the house'. …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the inhabitants are partly employed in hand-loom weaving during the winter. The ecclesiastical affairs are … collection of more than 400 volumes of standard works. The weaving of cotton affords employment to more than thirty … of the parish with various articles of merchandise, and in weaving for the manufacturers of Dundee, Kirkcaldy, and other …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Archive, since none of the contexts suggest spinning or weaving JERSEY. Not found in the OED Sources: Inventories … For example, shrinkage in the processes subsequent to weaving was a problem and was regulated by [Acts (1514)], …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Witham. A small portion of the population is employed in weaving yarn. Oliver Cromwell is supposed to have slept at … in the manufacture of worsted goods, and in hand-loom weaving. There are seven quarries of slate and flagstone, of …