Wool & Water: The Gloucestershrie Woollen Industry and Its Mills

The author's much consulted Gloucestershire Woollen Mills has long been out of print. Wool and Water is a comparative, fresh appraisal of the history of the woollen industry in Gloucestershire, a county with over 200 mills in the industry's heyday. Wool and Water traces the origins of the water-powered industry from the late 12th century to its demise, with two mills remaining in the 20th century. Themes discussed include the organisation of the 'domestic' industry until the mid-18th century
the development of the factory from the late 18th century
fluctuations in trade and, finally, competition from Yorkshire. Where did Gloucestershire's cloth go? To markets all over the world: to Hudson's Bay, to India, besides Europe
to clothe the British Army, as well as speciality cloth for coronations and the Pope's robes.