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  2. Congleton - Wikipedia

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    Congleton had an early silk throwing mill, the Old Mill built by John Clayton and Nathaniel Pattison in 1753. [9] More mills followed, and cotton was also spun. The town's prosperity depended on tariffs imposed on imported silk. When tariffs were removed in the 1860s, the empty mills were converted to fustian cutting. A limited silk ribbon ...

  3. Macclesfield Museums - Wikipedia

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    Macclesfield Museums is a collection of four museums focusing on Macclesfield and the Silk Industry. The museums are owned by Cheshire East, the local council, and are managed on their behalf by the Macclesfield Silk Heritage Trust. [1] [2] The museums are called The Silk Museum, Paradise Mill, West Park Museum, and The Old Sunday School.

  4. Silk industry of Cheshire - Wikipedia

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    It took until 1743 to cut the tunnels to obtain extra water from New Bridge. Seven years later the silk mill owners bought the neighbouring Logwood Mill and converted that to silk. As this was only 23 feet (7.0 m) square it could only be used for ancillary processes.44 [15] In 1749 there was a reduction on the duty on imported raw silk.

  5. Macclesfield - Wikipedia

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    Macclesfield's first silk mill was founded by Charles Roe in 1743 or 1744. [14] [37] The mills were initially powered by water, and later by steam. [14] There were 71 silk mills operating in 1832, [citation needed] employing 10,000 people, but a crash occurred in 1851 and many mill-workers emigrated to the American silk town of Paterson, New ...

  6. List of textile mills in Cheshire - Wikipedia

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    Congleton had England's third oldest silk-throwing mill and spun both cotton and silk. Its prosperity depended on tariffs imposed on imported silk. When the tariffs were removed in the 1860s, the empty mills moved over to fustian cutting. A limited silk ribbon weaving industry survived into the 20th century, and woven labels were still being ...

  7. John Birchenough - Wikipedia

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    John Birchenough JP (1 November 1825 – 7 May 1895) was an English silk manufacturer and local politician in Macclesfield, Cheshire in the nineteenth century. [1] He was the head of the Macclesfield silk manufacturing firm Birchenough and Sons with mills at Park Lane, Prestbury Road and Henderson Street in Macclesfield.

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