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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
County of Middlesex. Calendar to the sessions records: new series
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 16 Not all sectors of the economy were adversely affected. Pinmaking seems to have expanded; by the 1650s there were …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Finally, there was the steady growth of industries like pinmaking, glassmaking, and possibly hosiery. All the signs … industrial activity, the largest of the new industries was pinmaking. About 1710 it was said that the 'pinmaking trade is very considerable in this city and returns …
A History of the County of Gloucester
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in business at the quay in 1830. 78 Of the old industries, pinmaking maintained its strength in the late 18th century, … (over 20 years old) made in 1831 the two main industries, pinmaking and ropemaking, employed respectively c. 70 and 37; …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… hub of the developing road transport system of the region. Pinmaking remained the most significant manufacturing … apprentices were then metal working (18 per cent), mainly pinmaking, and the building and allied trades (14 per cent), … throughout the century, though the further development of pinmaking and the establishment of woolstapling may have …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of small trades and a few larger industries, notably pinmaking and shipbuilding. Metal trades included those of … both dated from 1851. 59 In its former staple industry of pinmaking, in which much female labour was employed, …
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