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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the parish. At Red-brook and at Swithin are extensive bleaching-works, the latter, which are said to be superior to … by hand-loom weavers and persons employed in the print and bleaching works which are extensively carried on. The village …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… there shipped for the West Indies, &c. A most extensive bleaching establishment was erected at Lleweni, in Hnllan …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… upon the banks of the streams in the neighbourhood, and bleaching-grounds formed along the sides of the hills. Much …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… factories for the weaving and printing of calico, some bleaching-grounds, and factories for weaving cambric, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Manchester to Congleton. A spinning, weaving, and bleaching manufactory, called Heaton-Mersey mills, employs …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… present not less than thirty acres are appropriated to the bleaching of linen goods, in which more than sixty persons …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Morton Pitt established a 'spinning school and weaving and bleaching' in the parish to promote industry among the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of the village near the loch and its convenience for bleaching render it peculiarly adapted. The vicinity abounds … bottles; there are also some cotton-printing works, and bleaching-fields for cotton and linen, on the banks of the …