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A History of the County of Northampton
… 7 A rival operator named Tomkins, a horse-dealer from Far Cotton, established another service from Hanslope to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and is still carried on to some extent; but the cotton-trade has in a great degree superseded it, and the … the Swinnel are principally owned by the manufacturers of cotton goods. The East Lancashire railway passes by the town, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the manufacture of wire and needles; there is a cotton-mill at Bamford, and stone is quarried, which is made … to have been alienated in the 17th century to Sir Robert Cotton, who erected a fine residence on the spot; and … county of Chester by the river Tame. The manufacture of cotton goods and of hats affords employment to about 750 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… 2nd, 1662; both by Tobie Norris, with shields of arms of Cotton quartering Bruce and inscriptions recording gift respectively by Sir Robert and Sir Thomas Cotton. On wheel spokes of the 1st are inscribed the initials … century. There has been some repainting; in particular two Cotton shields mask alliances of the Argentines with whom the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ulverston to Kendal. At Backbarrow, in the chapelry, are cotton-works employing about 340 persons, and at Low-Wood are …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of the parish is 11,293. The chief manufacture is that of cotton, for which several extensive mills have been erected, … it affords constant employment to 300 people. Houston cotton-mills, situated on the burn of that name, and built in … manufacturers of Glasgow and Paisley: about 4000 pounds of cotton and 60,000 pounds of linen-yarn and thread, and about …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… weaving of worsted stuffs, and there is also an extensive cotton-mill. The village is of ancient origin, and has one … are lighted with gas, under an act in 1836. The cotton manufacture is extensively carried on, and there are …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Al. West. 163; Westminster Abbey Reg. 278; Ath. iv. 655; Cotton's Fasti Eccl. Hib. iii. 321; Hearne, i. 322, 233; …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… St. John of Mattersey had lands here granted to Reeve and Cotton in fee, 7 E. 6. 18 The free-holders of Hayton town in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The principal articles of manufacture are silk and cotton goods, hosiery, and bobbinet lace, providing … and paper, is carried on to a great extent. The first cotton-factory erected in the township was Makin mill, on the …