Coker Canvas. The textile industry of the Somerset/Dorset border

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Written by a local historian with expertise on Dorset, especially Bridport, industries. Provides an account of the textile industries which developed at East and West Coker and elsewhere, notably canvas and twine production - 'Coker Canvas' - which was favoured in sail cloth manufacture. Traces development from cottage to factory production and details individual manufacturers. Sections include: 1] 'Overview'; 2] 'Growth and development of the textile industries' inc sailcloth and twine spinning; 3] 'Coker canvas and the history of sailcloth manufacture in England'; 4] 'Flax growing from 1912 to 1933'; 5] 'Textile industry along the Somerset Dorset border' including profiles of manufacturers and of sites, arranged by village location [pp40-105]; 6] 'Dorset' [as previously [pp106-11]. Includes family trees descending from: John Bullock, 1703-53, of East Coker; William Taylor, 1670-1733 of East Coker; Israel Rendell of West Coker; John Gould, 1733-92, of West Coker; George Dawe, 1759-1841, of West Coker; Thmas Baker, 1780-1847, of West Coker; Jonah Thompson, 1702-80, of Nether Compton; Thomas Feaver, 1738-1807, of Nether Compton and elsewhere