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25-11-2010, 05:03
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Was Accrington a cotton town
Bear with me on this , compared to Blackburn how many looms did Accrington have ? ... ok I'm an Arroder (Gt. Harwood ) and Accy by marrige , but I can remember when Gt. Harwood had 22 weaving sheds, for a population of less than 10K , seems to me Accrington was more of a spining/processing/dyeing/manufacturing town than a weaving/cotton town....
I know that Ossy had both spining and weaving mills and Rishton had a couple of weaving mills ........... question ... could anyone with computer skills produce a map of the Hyndburn area where different cotton processes were carried out in each Hyndburns townships thanks |
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25-11-2010, 09:37
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Re: Was Accrington a cotton town
I have used this link for information in the past.
Don't know exactly how accurate but if you have a look at Mike Rothwells work on the subject you will be able to pin them all down from that Cotton Mills in Accrington, Church and Oswaldtwistle 1891 |
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26-11-2010, 09:44
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Re: Was Accrington a cotton town
In Lancster there is an organisation called Archaeology Oxford North ( or similar). A member of staff, Ian Miller, has done a lot of work on the different processes involved in textile production and the mills connected with them in what is called residual Lancashire ,ie. not including Greater Manchester, Merseyside and has produced graphs , so maybe he has got maps too. Give it a google.
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29-11-2010, 01:21
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Re: Was Accrington a cotton town
This is just a count of Accrington in 1911 taken from
Lancashire towns including Accrington, Bacup, Blackburn, Burnley, Clitheroe, Colne and Carnforth 'By 1911, Accrington boasted 14000 looms, 166000 spindles and more than 18000 people employed in some capacity in the textiles industry.' I can only remember mainly the weaving sheds due to my parents working in them. Noticed that Burnley had 100,000 looms ! Last edited by katex; 29-11-2010 at 01:24. |
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29-11-2010, 13:00
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Re: Was Accrington a cotton town
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