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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… trained as a designer, became interested in spinning and weaving. Prompted by Mr. Lovibond's desire to find some means … part of it was dyed. 161 In 1919 there was a spinning and weaving class in Lake for disabled servicemen and another for …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… at first any indication whether they were to learn broad weaving to supply the broadcloth industry, 4 and it was only … the ancient by-laws of the crafts of clothing and weaving had proved ineffective to stop the flood of outside … spinners and shearmen, while dyehouses, spinning and weaving shops had been established all over the town; 37 the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the most important occupations were wool, silk, and linen weaving. Broadweavers and woollen weavers were at work … a silk house in Church Street operated by Messrs. Wilmott. Weaving shops near the mill may also have been for silk. 46 … spinner were recorded in 1841 48 but both silk house and weaving shops were empty in the 1840s and 1850s. 49 The linen …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and possesses a considerable and increasing trade in the weaving of stockings, for which about 200 frames are in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprising the spinning of cotton-thread and the weaving and printing of calico, has caused a considerable …
A History of the County of Oxford
… prosperous blanket-maker Francis Bedford had a loom in his weaving house, wool and yarn in his wool and warping houses, … 73 In 1692 the wealthy blanket-maker Joseph Selman owned a weaving shop, shear shop, dye shop, and wool house, together … where they undertook to employ the Northleach poor in weaving and spinning for the 'usual' Burford and Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but more often associated with introduction of power-weaving. 18 By the 1820s the number of substantial … Smaller firms continued to be taken over: Thomas Collins's weaving shops and small blanket factory on the north side of … rather than manufacturers. 42 39. Witney Mills: power-loom weaving shed, c. 1898. 40. Witney Mills: fulling stocks, c. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… giving wage fluctuations 191334; A. W. Hughes, 'Weaving Truth with Trust: Labour Management at Early's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Small blanket factories, mostly comprising hand-loom weaving sheds and warehousing, existed by the 1830s on Mill …