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A History of the County of Buckingham
… by Bishop Hugh of Wells before 1221 65 show that the cloth industry was then firmly established in Wycombe, the mention of the tithe of teasels (used for finishing cloth) being of particular interest. Borough of High Wycombe. … in this parish would alone point to the weaving of cloth as a special industry, but other references have been …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wiltshire Quaker families. Most had connexions with the cloth trade. 429 Some of the dissensions in the parish caused … to the value of about 150 upon items including yarn and cloth as well as farm produce. 431 A Quaker burial ground was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… by this proximity. Before the localization of the cloth industry in the towns, Hilperton must have played a … after the introduction of machinery into the Trowbridge cloth mills, weaving continued for some time to be done in … 18 this may possibly be a reference to some process in cloth manufacture carried out there. Manors In 1086 there …
A History of the County of Somerset
… a worsted comber in the 1690s suggest the presence of some cloth manufacture, 192 and 'linmen' occur c. 1760 and just …