Summary:
This book is concerned with the remarkable changes made to the built environment in Lancashire's main textile district - essentially the eastern and central parts of the county - during the Industrial Revolution (c1780-c1850). A case-study approach is taken, with findings from investigations at six different types of site being presented. The sites included are water-powered mill remains in the Cheesden valley, near Rochdale; Barrow Bridge factory village, near Bolton; the former handloom weavers' colony at Club Houses, Horwich; Preston's Winckley Square; Eanam wharf at Blackburn; and, to the north of Bolton, the road between Bromley Cross and Edgworth.
Index Terms:
peter ainsworth, smithills hall, arrowsmith slater, gilnow, cotton printers, ashworth henry edmund, egerton, bank top, oaks house, back to back houses, thomas bazley, barrow bridge, bolton, burnden, great lever, coal, collieries, james brandwood, turton tower, bromley cross, bridgewater canal, cesspit privies, john charter, edgworth, cotton spinner, dean mills, handloom weavers cottages, weaving, road carriers alignment, cottages, farnworth, coke ovens, robert gardner, barrow bridge, horwich club houses, textile manufacturers, tenements, back to earth, richard hunt, census, industrial colonies, thomas ridgway, bleacher, wallsuches, water supply, factory, model village, colony,
