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A History of the County of Warwick
… to be sealed, 90 and in 1452 it was laid down that if any spinner was given more than 2½ lbs. she was to take it to the …
A History of the County of Warwick
A History of the County of Warwick
A History of the County of Leicester
… the moderates, led now by the wealthy and prudent worsted-spinner, Joseph Whetstone, advocated a cautious system of …
A History of the County of Leicester
… with John Coltman, a hosier, and Joseph Whetstone, a spinner said to have employed between 1,000 and 1,500 persons …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
The Manuscripts of Lincoln, Bury St. Edmunds etc.
The Manuscripts of Lincoln, Bury St. Edmunds etc.
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Sir Thomas Bazley, born at Gilnow in 1797, was a cotton spinner at Halliwell, making his factories models of good …