A01=Brian Hall
A01=Ken Spencer
Author_Brian Hall
Author_Ken Spencer
Category=NHD
Category=WQH
cotton industry
cotton weaving capital of tthe world
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Lancashire
local history
looms
market town
pennine moorlands
Phillimore
saxon settlement
Product details
- ISBN 9780850338669
- Weight: 520g
- Dimensions: 185 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 23 Sep 1993
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Burnley is probably best known as an industrial town, but it is surrounded by beautiful Pennine moorland and it is here that the remains left by the first, prehistoric inhabitants of the area are to be found. The town itself had its origins in a Saxon settlement and in 1994 it celebrated the 700th anniversary of the granting of its market charter. However, the old town was transformed during the 19th century into a major centre of industry. By the turn of the century, Burnley could claim to be the cotton-weaving capital of the world, with 100,000 looms in the area producing a greater length of cloth each year than in any other place.
