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East Cheshire textile mills

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    Authors & editors

    Calladine, Anthony [Author]
    Fricker, Jean [Author]

    Publisher RCHME
    Year of publication 1993
    Languages

    English (main text)

    Medium Book
    Edition1
    ISBN1873592132
    Topics

    Dyestuffs & textiles

    Tags

    Cheshire
    Cotton industry
    Silk industry

    Scope & contentProvides a survey of mills in East Cheshire, the centre of the silk industry in England. The authors have established that the factory system, and the architecture associated with it pre-dated by a generation the more widely known factories of Richard Arkwright and others.

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    Accession no. 7404

    • Shelf location: N400-CAL
    • Notes: Limp cover; bequeathed by Don Paterson
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