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  2. Bedding - Wikipedia

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    Manchester was a center of the cotton industry in the late 18th and the 19th century, and into the 20th century, and so cotton goods (principally sheets and towels) were given the name 'Manchester goods', which later was simplified to 'manchester'. A set of bedding generally consists of at least flat or fitted bed sheet that covers the mattress ...

  3. Watts Warehouse - Wikipedia

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    Watts Warehouse is a large, ornate Victorian Grade II* listed building standing on Portland Street in the centre of Manchester, England. It opened in 1856 as a textile warehouse for the wholesale drapery business of S & J Watts, and was the largest single-occupancy textile warehouse in Manchester. Today the building is part of the Britannia ...

  4. Linens - Wikipedia

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    In 1781, a cloth producer from Manchester testified about his business to a committee of the House of Commons in the British Parliament. He stated that he employed 6000 workers, who would print and stamp 60,000 yards of cotton and linen fabric a year. [ 2 ]

  5. Cottonopolis - Wikipedia

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    Manchester from Kersal Moor, by William Wyld in 1852. Manchester acquired the nickname "Cottonopolis" during the early 19th century owing to its many textile factories. Cottonopolis was a 19th-century nickname for Manchester, as it was a metropolis and the centre of the cotton industry. [1] [2]

  6. Horrockses, Crewdson & Co. - Wikipedia

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    Horrockses, Crewdson & Co. was a textile company based in Preston, Lancashire.The company was originally formed in 1791 under the name of Horrocks. Over the centuries, the name of the company changed with the involvement of various business partners and when the company merged with others.

  7. Rylands Building - Wikipedia

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    The Rylands Building is a Grade II listed building and former department store on Market Street in Manchester, England. [2] It is situated in the Smithfield conservation area, which was known for its markets and textile warehouses, [ 3 ] close to the Piccadilly area of Manchester city centre .

  8. List of mills in Manchester - Wikipedia

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    Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of the cotton and other textile mills in Manchester, England. Mills Name Owners Location Built Demolished Served (Years) Albany Works SD 882 007 53°30′11″N 2°10′44″W  /  53.503°N 2.179°W  / 53.503; -2.179 ...

  9. Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee Building, Manchester - Wikipedia

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    The Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee Building (currently marketed as The Tootal Buildings [1]) at No. 56 Oxford Street, in Manchester, England, is a late Victorian warehouse and office block built in a neo-Baroque style for Tootal Broadhurst Lee, a firm of textile manufacturers.

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