Women cutting blankets out of pieces of finished cloth. The Witney Blanket was famous for centuries, for its high quality goods, which was apparently due to the use of water from the River Windrush in the manufacturing process.

Date:
1898
Location:
Witney, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC72/01779
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

Photographer: Taunt, Henry William

Curator: Davies, Angela

Keywords

Blanket Mill, Woollen Mill, Industrial Heritage, People