Saturday, 1 August 2009

Working in t' Mill

Reading and researching into the woolen textile industry in Aireborough , and the history or Aireborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, and people who lived there at the moment. Looking for information on William, Jonathan, Caleb and Joseph Peate I came across this

http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/periodicals/tm3_12.pdf

I think somewhere there is a one line reference to Jonathan Peate, but the rest of the journal is fascinating as a peek into a corner of world social and industrial history.