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A History of the County of Lancaster
… was then the chief occupation of the people, but bleaching, hand-loom weaving, and hat-making had at one time …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of 301. There is a cotton mill at Roughlee, and some bleaching is done. The soil is clay, overlying rock; it is …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… been known and worked. There are large cotton mills and bleaching and calico printing works. Forty-one hearths were …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… hills and in the valleys are cotton and paper mills and bleaching works. In 1666 there were eighty-nine hearths taxed …
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… at length for the promotion of the linen trade, weaving, bleaching and fisheries of Scotland. [ North Britain Book …