Some Aspects of the Eighteenth Century Woollen and Worsted Trade in Halifax

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Author(s) Atkinson, Frank (ed)
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1956
Pages 76pp; illus
Publisher Halifax Museums
Place Published Halifax

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City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Reprinted 1979 as 'Shalloons and Kerseys'. Largely extracts from contemporary documents, viz: letter and pattern books of Samuel Hill, 1677-1759, clothier of Soyland; memorandum book of John Sutcliffe, 1723-1801, clothier of Holdsworth, Ovenden; diary of Cornelius Ashworth, 1752-1821, weaver of Waltroyd, Wheatley; letter book of Joseph Holroyd, cloth factor of Sowerby, Halifax. Based on [but greatly expanded] Herbert Heaton, 'The Letter Books of Holroyd and Hill', Bankfield Museum, 1914. See individual BHE entries for further details