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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the females are employed in the manufacture of bone-lace. The market, which was held on Friday, and a fair on the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in Brewood, sent pig iron to many of their other iron-making concerns in the Stour Valley area. Thomas Foley … closed soon after 1670. 52 Not until c. 1780 was iron making reestablished in the Oakengates area. In that year … subsequent history is not known. 57 A major new iron-making enterprise began in 1818 when James Foster, the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… with a deep cut thread so that they hold fast. Screw making was a difficult job and far more complex than making … Exeter, IN GRAIN, GREY, ITALIANO, KNOTTED, LINE, LIVERY LACE, MANX, NARROW, POINT, ready spun, RUSSEL, SINGLE, St … GIRDLE, GIRTH, GLOVE.HAT, HOSE, INKLE, JACKET, KIRTLE, LACE, MITT, NIGHT CAP, PETTICOAT, (KNIT), QUALITY, REIN, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the river Nene; about half the population is employed in making shoes. The Peterborough railway, and the road from …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… least 1879. 18 In 1885 the mill was occupied by the cloth-making firm of Ellis & Apperly 19 but clothproduction ceased … recorded from 1879, 32 and wood-turning and tent-peg making, recorded c. 1940. 33 A large timber firm founded by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… bought a farm of 219 a. in or just before 1802, 80 making a total of 368 a. after inclosure. 81 John Egerton, … Revd. Prof. D. B. Crouch, Hull Univ., who is thanked for making them available. Liber de Bernewelle, 259; Bk. of Fees, …