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Interesting Facts About Leeds
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Enterprise, Industry and Benjamin Gott

Enterprise, Industry and Benjamin Gott

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Benjamin Gott and the world´s largest woollen mill

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Industry at Heritage Quay

Industry at Heritage Quay

Exploring industrial heritage using the archives at Heritage Quay

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Domestic Woollen Industry and Weaving in the Colne Valley

Domestic Woollen Industry and Weaving in the Colne Valley

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This resources explores domestic weaving in the 19th century

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Domestic Life in a 19th Century Weaver's Cottage

Domestic Life in a 19th Century Weaver's Cottage

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Explore family life in a working family's home at the cusp of the Industrial Revolution

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History of Leeds - Poverty and Riches

History of Leeds - Poverty and Riches

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How the rich and poor lived in Leeds from the 17th Century to 1900s

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A useful site about the Rebecca riots in Rhayader, Radnorshire, using archival material

Who were the Luddites and what did they want? From the National Archives

The Plug Rioters from Calderdale Archives

A personal family tree with links to the Plug Riots

More about William Hirst of Leeds from the BBC

The death of William Horsfall remembered from the bicentenary site

Yorkshire Luddism timeline

BBC History: Information on Richard Arkwright

Luddites200.org - Information on the movement

Poverty Poverty Knock by Chumbawumba on You Tube