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A History of the County of Sussex
… those connected with food 59 and clothing, especially weaving, 60 and those of carpenter, blacksmith, and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… work was still being provided in 1827-8, 31 but in 1833 weaving was said to have been abandoned as too expensive. 32 …
A History of the County of Essex
… of West Ham and stole engine looms valued at 100. 13 Silk-weaving in West Ham seems then to have ended, for it is not … of silk stockings, can be traced in 166886. 14 Silk-weaving was succeeded by a rival industry, calico-printing. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… that Dilton Marsh had become the centre of the hand-loom weaving industry. Some of the craftsmen were also apparently …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Dilton Marsh the more populous district with a thriving weaving industry. 6 In the 16th century the town of Westbury … the village street bear witness to Chapmanslade's former weaving industry. 39 Almost opposite the church is a much …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the roads; and a few of the inhabitants are employed in weaving. The living is a vicarage, with that of SuttonBassett …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… flax-mill erected in 1807, for dressing, spinning, and weaving, but now unoccupied; and the saw and bone mills of … chalk hills. Many of the inhabitants are employed in silk-weaving, and two silk-mills furnish employment to about 100 …
Old and New London
… about 140 apprentices. The boys, after learning tailoring, weaving, flax-dressing, &c., received the freedom of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… distilleries: the spinning of flax for domestic use, and weaving by hand-looms for the supply of the district, are … Grandholm works in the vicinity, and in the spinning and weaving of cotton in the village of Woodside. The … employed in the neighbouring factories, and in hand-loom weaving for the Glasgow manufacturers. A chapel of ease was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on the commons. Many of the inhabitants are employed in weaving serges at their own dwellings. The living is a …