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A History of the County of Gloucester
… 79 Westbury had a small cloth industry in 1608 when 21 weavers (four of whom were described as coverlet-weavers), two tuckers, a clothier, and a yarn-seller were …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in size from 2 to 33 perches. Among these were a number of weavers, almost all living at Dilton Marsh or Stormore, a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… for the distressed inhabitants, then said to be mostly weavers and spinners, and special arrangements were made for … 80 and in 1647 there were protests from 27 'ancient weavers of Westbury' that demobilized soldiers who had never … rest of the region in spite of distress among the mass of weavers and spinners. There may, indeed, have been less …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and many of them were clearly built for the hand-loom weavers who, in the early 19th century, worked in their homes … the church, consists of a terrace of 4 two-storied weavers' cottages with a three-storied, double-fronted … the former manor of Westbury Seymour, or St. Maur. 12 Many weavers lived at Stormore in the early 19th century 13 and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Marsh), which at that time was the home of many hand-loom weavers, wanted a chapel in their hamlet. 57 Services that …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Colln. deeds 337. Glos. R.O., Q/RUm 2. Rep. Com. Handloom Weavers, 471. Bryant, Map of Glos. (1824). Local information; …