Wiltshire and Somerset Woollen Mills
Details:
- Author(s) Rogers, Kenneth H
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1976
- Pages 265pp; illus
- Publisher Pasold Research Fund
Topics:
- Name Buildings: building types
- Name Power & fuel history
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Written by a noted expert on the industry. Has sections: 'Fulling mills'; 'Pre machinery workshops'; 'Introduction of machinery'; 'Machinery workshops'; 'Water factories'; 'Application of steam power'; 'Size of factories'; 'Architecture of factories'; 'Weaving shops'; 'Dyehouses, washing bridges, stoves'; 'Handle houses'; 'Office buildings'; 'Preservation of industrial buildings'. A major component is a gazetteer of sites [pp70-257] giving detailed profiles per mill site covering ownership, operators, buildings, etc. The ares is centred on Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon, Frome, Malmesbury, Shepton Mallett