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History of the textile industry in the United Kingdom

  • Textile manufacture during the British Industrial RevolutionIn 1734, John Kay stood in a workshop in Bury, Lancashire, and invented the flying shuttle. This device allowed a single weaver to produce cloth twice as…
  • Calico ActsThe English East India Company introduced Britain to cheap calico and chintz cloth after the restoration of the monarchy in the 1660s.
  • Savile RowSavile Row emerged from the earth between 1731 and 1735 as part of a grand development project. The street was built on land known as Ten Acres, which…