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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants. The spinning of yarn and the manufacture and bleaching of cloth are carried on to some extent; the mill is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are chiefly employed in spinning, power-loom weaving, bleaching, and printing, and the remainder principally at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… scribblers and carders, a wool willey, and a gig mill. Bleaching and hand-raising were also carried out, though … on land owned by the Smiths, among them drying and bleaching sheds, a square brick chimney stack immediately … suction gas plant. 172 Most, including wooden former bleaching sheds and a taller circular chimney stack to the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… employed in the factory, and in the printing and bleaching establishments connected with the cotton trade, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and sold in 1780: the gardens have been converted into bleaching-grounds, the proprietor of which occupies the … The trade is principally in corn: the calico-printing and bleaching businesses, which were formerly carried on …
The Environs of London
… manufactory upon the spot; the garden is used as a bleaching ground. The inhabitants of Croydon have obtained …
A History of the County of Surrey
… for printing linen, and the garden was turned into a bleaching ground. 24 Later parts of the palace were converted … century to establish the trades of calico printing and bleaching in Croydon, and a calico printing mill was erected …