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Industries: Pottery
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton
Industries Pottery POTTERY The most famous of Middlesex industries is certainly its pottery, but few traces can be found of any local manufacture before the 17th century. Down to the latter half of that century...
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Industries: Introduction
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton
Industries Introduction INDUSTRIES INTRODUCTION Before entering into a detailed relation of the industries of Middlesex it will be well to look ... In selecting for detailed treatment the more...
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Industries: Paper
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton
Industries Paper PAPER The earliest attempt at paper-making ... Thomas Gresham would have made out of this beginning a flourishing industry ... of Manchester. Paper-staining as an industry has...
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Industries: Tobacco
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton
Industries Tobacco TOBACCO Tobacco is said to have been introduced into this country in 1586; it was placed under a duty of 2 d. a pound in Elizabeth's ... Under this sovereign the industry became a monopoly, and...
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Industries: Glass
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton
Industries Glass GLASS One of the earliest known references ... 11 Among the industries of the hamlet of Ratcliff he includes 'Bowles's ... and 1751. The best period of this industry is between...
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Industries: Tapestry
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton
Industries Tapestry TAPESTRY Both Henry VIII and Elizabeth kept a staff of tapestry workers or arras-makers, of which the chief members were usually of foreign birth. 1 Amongst the adherents of the Dutch Church
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Industries: Brewing
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton
Industries Brewing BREWING In the Middle Ages when ale was the general drink of all classes, brewing was a necessary and often domestic industry, and few records of local courts are without some reference
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Industries: Coach-making
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton
Industries Coach-making COACH-MAKING The earliest coaches were of necessity heavy and clumsy in their design, as the terrible condition of even ... and Thomas Worges and Co., Palace Street, S.W. The motor-car industry...
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Industries: Silk-weaving
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton
Industries Silk-weaving SILK-WEAVING The origin of this important industry as located in Spitalfields dates from the revocation of the Edict ... of Stow's Survey of London pays a high tribute to the character and...
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Industries: Bell-founders
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton
Industries Bell-founders BELL-FOUNDERS 1 The earliest bell-founders of the metropolis are met with towards the end of the 13th century, and the trade was located near the City's eastern boundary, being chiefly connected
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