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A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1786 sales advertisements included a dwelling house, weaving shops and large garden on the High Street, a … spacious part of the town' with wool warehouses and two weaving shops, and a dwelling house, weaving shops and wool warehouse in West End. 155 Buildings …
A History of the County of Oxford
… John Early (d. 1862). 111 A Corn Street weaving shop licensed for worship in 1817 may have been for …
A History of the County of Essex
… woman bailiff from 1631 to 1638 asked for an allowance for weaving, fulling, and 'oding' of cloth. 47 Some domestic weaving was carried on in the parish but it ceased by 1785. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… above the village. Part of the population is engaged in weaving stockings and ribbons. Little Copston, now called …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… village of Worstead (near NORWICH) that was the centre for weaving this type of cloth from the Middle Ages onwards. This … made by mixing different types of yarn with worsted during weaving were developed during the early modern period, such …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to employ the poor in silk winding or cloth and blanket weaving. 53 By the 18th century the corporation's involvement …
A History of the County of Oxford
… looking to small markets at Deddington or Woodstock. Weaving and malting at Deddington were on a small scale, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and is now almost extinct, being superseded by the weaving of bombazin, crape, and other articles, introduced …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the like spun into a continuous filament and prepared for weaving, knitting or the manufacture of sewing THREAD. … in this import market was cost: 'Although combing and weaving were no cheaper in Ireland than on the mainland, wool … then sent out to the weaver, indicated by phrases like 'at weaving' or 'put forth to work', 'WARP yarn', 'weft yarn', …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the wool underwent the respective operations of spinning, weaving, and fulling. This is now only partially the case; … Buxton to Bath, about a mile from the river Trent. The weaving of tape affords employment to 150 persons, many of …