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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… about 200 frames are in operation; there is also a small cotton-factory, and part of the population is employed in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… adjoining island, and in the late 18th century it became a cotton mill. 11 The present Royal Oak inn on the main road … from Measham (Derb.), who had recently taken over the cotton mill. The house was converted into sheltered housing …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the lead-mines, but some of them are engaged in the cotton manufacture; in the town and its immediate …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The extension of manufactures, comprising the spinning of cotton-thread and the weaving and printing of calico, has …