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- Title
Two textile townships, c. 1660-1820: a comparative demographic analysis.
- Authors
Hudson, Pat; King, Steve
- Abstract
The townships of Sowerby and Calverley-cum-Farsley in the West Yorkshire textile district in England dominated much of the English woolen trade by the later eighteenth century. According to various data sources, Sowerby has always been bigger than Calverley in population terms with the former having different forms of proto-industrial organization. While Sowerby was an upland area where many of the inhabitants became workers in the textile industry, Calverley had an early and heavy dependence on the broadcloth industry as caused by the township's pursuit of economic and social betterment.
- Subjects
WEST Yorkshire (England); ENGLAND; TEXTILE industry; URBAN growth; CLOTHING industry; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC development; ECONOMICS
- Publication
Economic History Review, 2000, Vol 53, Issue 4, p706
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1468-0289.00175