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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… established in 1798, and whose manufacture of shoe-makers' thread gives employment to between 400 and 500 hands: there …
Old and New London
… wrought silks, cloth of gold and silver, gold and silver thread, camblets, grograms, spices, drugs, sugar, cotton, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… example from western England was made of SILK and SILVER thread and was measured by weight [Inventories (1606)]. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… confined to the platting of straw and the making of thread-lace, the latter being pursued in every part of the …
A History of the County of London
… the choir and chapter, 4 s. 6 d. for red, white, and green thread for the abbot's vestments, 21 s. 4 d. for incense, 7 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… by 1800. Silk throwsters, who twisted the raw silk into thread, were recorded from 1631 94 and were often men of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of the Manufactures of Soap, Starch, Spinning, Cotton, Thread, &c. The Methods to take or destroy Vermin and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… present a pleasing appearance. The making of white thread-lace and edging, and straw-plat, affords employment to …