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A History of the County of Lancaster
… for the charity, distributed partly in doles of linen and woollen cloth and partly in money. The capital was repaid, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 8 Digging sea coal at Bolton is named in 1374. 8a The woollen manufacture and other handicrafts seem there to have … house' in Bradshaw Gate was in 1773 owned by John Moss, woollen draper; Scholes and Pimblett, op. cit. 149. The Lever …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Booth. The races were discontinued before 1825. 3 The woollen manufacture was formerly the chief one, but during … the last twenty years, chiefly from the increase of the woollen manufacture, though much of the cotton trade has … and sheep's wool and spinning them into cotton twist and woollen yarn for the flannels made here, are erected upon the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… are made. At Heap Bridge there are great paper mills, and woollen and cotton mills. An urn containing a large number of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to the bulk of the people; others are engaged in the woollen manufacture. There are also collieries and stone …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by his will directed a sale, and John Moss of Manchester, woollen draper, purchased it in 1716; 19 he was succeeded by …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1846. The people are chiefly employed in the cotton and woollen factories. The agricultural land of the neighbourhood …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… be mentioned. There are many theatres and music halls. The woollen and cloth trades and the manufacture of smallwares …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1781. He was the youngest son of Nicholas Mosley, a woollen draper of Manchester, who was son of Nicholas Mosley, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Richard Ashworth; Ct. Leet Rec. iv, 168, 169. He was a woollen draper in Manchester and the friend of Henry Newcome; …