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In
the Century textile production was the
most important in Britain. Most work was
carried out at home. Most cloth was made from either wool or
cotton, but silk and flax were also used. The woven cloth was sold to . These were merchants who
visited the village who would sell the cloth on. Some was made
into clothes for British people, yet most was .
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The
Industrial Revolution saw the of change - more and
more methods were
introduced. |
The
Woollen Industry began in the Ages using wool grown
at home. Leeds in
Yorkshire became the place where cloth was exchanged and finished.
In 1770 Leeds had a population of . Thirty years
later, in 1800, this figure !
The
Cotton Industry developed in the 1750s in three main areas:
(North-West
England), Nottingham
(Midlands)
and Clyde-Valley
(Scotland). By the 1780s the
area dominated the Industry. The Cotton Industry became an
enormous industry for Britain, with 100,000 spinners and 250,000 weavers
working in 1812. By the
more than half of British exports were cotton textiles.
Clever
such
as the Flying Shuttle in 1738, the Spinning Jenny in 1764 and the
Power-Loom in 1802 all increased efficiency. This meant that cloth
could be produced
and
than before. Water and later steam powered machinery in purpose
built factories all increased output. By 1850 there were 250,000
cotton power looms in Britain, with 177,000 of them in .
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