The Built Environment Transformed: Textile Lancashire During the Industrial Revolution

by Geoffrey Timmins

This book is concerned with the remarkable changes made to the built environment in Lancashire's main textile district - essentially the eastern and central parts of the county - during the Industrial Revolution (c1780-c1850). A case-study approach is taken, with findings from investigations at six different types of site being presented. The sites included are water-powered mill remains in the Cheesden Valley, near Rochdale; Barrow Bridge factory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800856539
• ISBN13: 9781800856530
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Historic England
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.6"