Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

James Rawson

From Graces Guide

of Leicester

1835 Stated that he employed 1,000 to 1,400 persons in Leicester for the making of worsted and stockings [1]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Midland Railway: Its Rise and progress by Frederick S. Williams. Published 1875.