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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… some of the richest hanging woods in the kingdom. The woollen-trade, which was formerly considerable, is now …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… who are chiefly employed in the manufacture of woollen-cloth, and at limestone-quarries in the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and papermaking are carried on. In Bamford are large woollen and cotton factories. There are several stone …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… corn-mill was in 1850 used for grinding logwood. 3 The woollen and fustian manufactures were actively pursued in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… on the 1st day of August. The principal commodities are woollen yarn spun by the country people and brought to the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Harris, Joseph Porter and Stephen Segar. Burnley had some woollen trade, which has died out. Then about 1780 the cotton … Mondays, chiefly for corn. Its trade was formerly only in woollen or worsted goods, but the cotton manufactures are now …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in all directions. Bury has long been a seat of the woollen manufacture; Bury blankets are known everywhere. … 4 a deputy aulnager was appointed in 1564 to stamp woollen cloth. 5 Defoe, writing about 1730, observed that at … Bury 'the manufacture of cotton . . . was ended, and the woollen manufacture of coarse sorts, called half-thicks and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Richard Hartley, son of Nicholas Hartley of Manchester, woollen draper, succeeded his father in 1609, but did not …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the market on Wednesdays. The trade formerly consisted in woollen and worsted goods, particularly shalloons, … later the Society of Friends gained many members here. The woollen manufacture was long the chief industry of the town, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… sold on 1 July 1719 to William Brooke of London, woollen draper, youngest son of Richard Brooke of Astley; …