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The Textile Industry of South-West England: A Social Archaeology Book

The authors describe the mills seen in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset and Devon - the legacy of the cloth industry, for which this area was well known...Read More

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    Few people realise that the splendid mills seen in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset and Devon are the legacy of the cloth industry, for which this area was well known from the Middle Ages onwards. Woollen cloth, silk, linen, lace, rope and sailcloth were made in south-west England and an introductory chapter looks at how these fabrics were produced to meet changing markets. Most of the book is devoted to the buildings themselves, ranging from the splendid Tuckers Hall in Exeter through clothiers' houses and rural fulling and spinning mills to the homes of the workforce, many of which were also workplaces for handloom weavers well into the nineteenth century.

  • 0752431331
  • 9780752431338
  • Marilyn Palmer, Peter Neaverson
  • 31 March 2005
  • The History Press Ltd
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 160
  • illustrated edition
  • Illustrated
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