Women sorting wool in the blanket factory. The Witney Blanket Company was incorporated in 1710, the secret of its high quality blankets, famous for centuries, was apparently the use of water from the River Windrush in the manufacturing process.

Date:
1860 - 1922
Location:
Witney, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC72/01291
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Content

This is part of the Series: HWT01/01 Glass Plate Negatives And Inkjet Prints; within the Collection: HWT01 Henry W Taunt Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Curator: Davies, Angela

Photographer: Taunt, Henry William

Keywords

Factory, Industrial Heritage, People