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A History of the County of Warwick
… the Bird family, one of whom is thought to have introduced ribbon weaving to Coventry. 54 The building was of three … patches of open ground to house the growing population of ribbon-weavers and others. 68 The smaller cottages were of a … 1860; here the houses were occupied almost entirely by ribbon weavers and were of gradually improving standards. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of new types of cloth and the beginnings of the ribbon industry. Both the cloth and the ribbon industries at Coventry have been described in detail … main lines of industrial development in Coventry were in ribbon weaving and watchmaking, followed after less than a …
A History of the County of Warwick
… People flocked into the city, drawn by the development of ribbon weaving and watch making. By 1851 the population of … for expansion; its new streets were largely occupied by ribbon weavers. 72 Houses were also being erected in and near … hamlets in the large parish of Foleshill, formerly a ribbon-weaving area, were joined to Coventry by a continuous …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Prest, Ind. Rev. in Cov. 69. Rep. Poor Law Inspector on Ribbon Manufactories of Cov., Foleshill, and Nuneaton, H.C. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1884 the congregation worshipped in a converted derelict ribbon factory, 1 with sittings for 150. A service in 1881 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… city's industries. Anxiety about French competition in the ribbon trade was one of the main factors in the establishment … The Coventry School of Design was opened in a former ribbon warehouse on St. John's Bridges in 1843. Masters were … 7 The Technical Institute was opened in 1887 in two vacant ribbon factories in Earl Street which were donated by David …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the organization of Coventry's predominant industry, the ribbon trade. The top rank consisted of the socalled master … 16 They bore the brunt of the periodic depression of the ribbon trade suffering terribly, for example, in the 1720s, … their children who were employed at an early age in the ribbon industry. Moreover 'ninety men out of every hundred …
A History of the County of Warwick
… in the early 19th century was the result of the spread of ribbon weaving into the village. There was a weaver in Ansty … 23 In contrast to Foleshill and Sowe Waste, as ribbon weaving declined it was not replaced by general …
A History of the County of Warwick
… in the footsteps of medieval mercers and drapers. Ribbon development of large houses along Tamworth Road was … house, and was leased by the vicar. 59 In 1850 there was a ribbon manufacturer living in Coundon, 60 in 1875 a …
A History of the County of Warwick
… plan shows the cottages strung out, in an early form of ribbon development, across the heaths on the line of the main … comparative decline of the once dominant industry. But the ribbon weaving itself had then passed its peak. The great … who were in fact suburban residents of Coventry. The ribbon trade was subject to unpredictable changes of fashion, …