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Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… he was receiving supplies of cloth from Philip Magee, linen bleacher. In 1781 he moved from Westgate St to Groat … Auby, , address unrecorded, carver (1795), Bought bed linen from Kennet & Kidd, cm and u, New Bond St, London, in …
City of London Livery Companies Commission. Report
… regulations as to the hours of labour, the processes of manufacture, the wages of workmen, and technical education. … associations and other bodies." Thus, in the Report of the Linen Merchants' Association, Belfast, the following notice … technical education in connexion with the manufacture of linen, propose communicating with the City and Guilds of …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… of Frauds and Deceits, and other Abuses in that Trade and Manufacture. And afterwards by his Majesty's special … for any inferior use, or for other use than washing of Linen, there shall be cause to make any other sort of Soap of … of their own former Abuses, and the prospering of this new Manufacture, which will be so profitable for the Publick; and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… weaver in 1636. 28 As in neighbouring parishes there was a linen industry from the late 17th to the early 19th century and six linen weavers or linmen were recorded in the 18th century. 29 Paupers spun linen yarn and in 1820 336 lb. were sold. In 1823 the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… itself into the river Ouse at St. Neot's. The pillow-lace manufacture affords employment to the female population. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… every facility of commercial intercourse; but no trade or manufacture is carried on in the parish. The ferry to …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and embellished with flourishing plantations. The chief manufacture is the weaving of ticking, which is carried on to … factory worked by steam, for manufacturing a thin kind of linen-sheeting, another for canvass for making sails, and … and adding to the beauty of the landscape. The weaving of linen is carried on in the parish, affording employment to a …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the exception of a few engaged in fishing, at Pennan. The manufacture of kelp was formerly carried on to a considerable … harbour, throughout the year. The manufacture of coarse linen was formerly carried on extensively, by hand-loom … and Glenfoot, in the parish, are employed in weaving linen-yarn, for the manufacturers of Newburgh. The trade …