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A History of the County of Middlesex
… little reading and writing while they learned spinning and weaving. 11 There were proselytising schools such as the East …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Stanley remains the chief architectural monument, cottage-weaving gave way to a factory system which continued to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the villages for Westbury, Trowbridge, and Melksham, but weaving and spinning for the town clothiers were carried on …
A History of the County of York
… York weavers petitioned the king's council to investigate weaving in the countryside around, saying that at least 200 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… still continued. 50 An effort was also made to encourage weaving in the town, a petition being addressed to the queen …
The Manuscripts of Shrewsbury and Coventry Corporations [etc]
… See letter from Robert Pitt, Ibid., p. 3. Madapallam the weaving town, where the goods were made. Entered on a later …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to this staple trade, include hatmaking, brewing, and silk-weaving; there are also iron foundries, engineering works, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… persons, chiefly engaged in the cotton-spinning and weaving industries. The early history of the parish is not …