Samuel Oldknow and the Arkwrights. The Industrial Revolution at Stockport and Marple; with chapters by Arthur Hulme and George Taylor and a preface to the second edition by W H Chaloner

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First published 1924. Has sections: 'Muslin making at Anderton'; 'Industrial revolution at Stockport'; 'The handloom weavers at Stockport and Anderton'; 'The London warehousemen'; 'The yarn problem - negotiations with Arkwright'; 'The crisis of 1787-88'; 'Expansion and decline of muslin manufacture'; 'Spinning mills at Stockport, 1788-91'; 'The estate at Mellor and Marple'; 'The crisis of 1792-93 - Oldknow and Drinkwater'; 'Community building at Marple'; 'Apprentices'; 'Oldknow's paper money'; 'Mellor's Mill at work'; 'High farming at Mellor'; 'Marple Lime Kilns'; 'Roads and bridges'; 'Canal, church buildings'; 'Samuel Oldknow - the man and his work'. W H Chaloner's preface highlights additional information about Oldknow obtained since 1924