CHAPTER III THE TOWNS, INDUSTRIAL VILLAGES, AND FAIRS
§ 1. The chief manufacturing towns
The following table gives the name of the town, and its manufacture or articles of sale.
| TOWN | PRODUCT |
|---|---|
| (1) Textile Manufactures | |
Lincoln | Scarlet cloth. |
Bligh | Blanket. |
Beverley | Burnet cloth. |
Colchester | Russet cloth. |
Shaftesbury | Linen fabrics. |
Lewes | Linen fabrics. |
Aylesbury | Linen fabrics. |
Warwick | Cord. |
Bridport | Cord and Hempen fabrics. |
| (2) Bakeries | |
Wycombe | Fine bread. |
Hungerford | Fine bread. |
St Albans | Fine bread. |
| (3) Cutlery | |
Maxtead | Knives. |
Wilton | Needles. |
Leicester | Razors. |
| (4) Breweries | |
Banbury | Brewing. |
Hitchin | Brewing. |
Ely | Brewing. |
| TOWN | PRODUCT |
|---|---|
| (5) Markets | |
Ripon | Horses. |
Nottingham | Oxen. |
Gloucester | Iron. |
Bristol | Leather and Hides. |
Coventry | Soap. |
Northampton | Saddlery. |
Doncaster | Horse-girths. |
Chester | Skins and Furs. |
Shrewsbury | Skins and Furs. |
Corfe | Marble. |
Cornwall towns | Tin. |
| (6) Fishing Towns | |
Grimsby | Cod. |
Rye | Whiting. |
Yarmouth | Herrings. |
Berwick | Salmon. |
| (7) Ports | |
Norwich | |
Southampton | |
| —— | |
Dunwich | Mills. |
This list is obviously incomplete, for it omits towns like Sheffield and Winchester, both of which were important as manufacturing towns from very early times, though the woollen manufactures of the latter were soon outstripped by those of Hull, York, Beverley, Lincoln, and especially Norwich. But such as it is the list is curious, chiefly as showing how manufactures have long since deserted their original abodes, and have been transferred to towns of quite recent origin.