Philip Hamlyn Williams - my history of British Manufacturing

Britain shaped the manufacturing world. A bold assertion, but is it true? My book How Britain Shaped the Manufacturing World seeks to answer this question. The next question is what happened to British manufacturing? The result of my quest to find answers to that question is in Vehicles to Vaccines. I am now exploring Manufacturing places.

Showing posts with label Wool. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Wool. Show all posts

Friday, May 30, 2025

Stourbridge manufacturing history

Wool was the business of Stourbridge as it was for a great deal of the kingdom from the thirteenth to seventeenth centuries. Yet it was not...

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Kidderminster manufacturing history

Kidderminster is of course known for carpets, along with Wilton and Axminister and a number of Yorkshire wool towns including Halifax. With...

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Colchester manufacturing history

Colchester was said to be the first English town, established before 100 BC. It was rebuilt as a model Roman town following the invasion of...

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Norwich manufacturing history

The second largest city in Britain at the start of the eighteen century made wealthy by wool, Norwich, with a population of 30,000, was a c...

Friday, January 31, 2025

Huddersfield manufacturing history

Huddersfield provided a commercial centre at its famous Cloth Hall for the many thousands of home working wool weavers in the surrounding d...

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