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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Cloth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Cloth or fabric is a flexible artificial material made up of a network of natural or artificial fibres (thread or yarn) formed by weaving or knitting (textiles), or pressed into felt.
		Cloth is made in many, various strengths and degrees of durability, from the finest gossamer fabrics to sturdy canvas sails.
		The relative thickness of fibres in cloth is measured in deniers.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/Cloth.html (277 words)

	Surrey - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The lower portion of the Wealden series, the Hastings Sands, occupy a small area in the south-eastern corner of the county.
		This was the last real fighting in the county, though it was often a centre of riots; the most serious being those of 1830, and of the Chartists in 1848, who chose Kennington Common as their meeting-place.
		The stone quarries of Limpsfield and the chalk of the Downs were early used, the latter chiefly for lime-making.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Surrey (2323 words)

	Wealden cloth industry - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Cloth-making was, apart from iron-making, the other large-scale industry carried out on the Weald of Kent and Sussex in medieval times.
		The industry spread along the Weald, and as far north as Maidstone.
		The price of Kentish cloth at the start of the 17th Century was £12-16 per piece.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Wealden_cloth_industry (347 words)

	Sussex, England
		The iron mines of the county, though not mentioned in Domesday, are known to have been worked by the Romans; and the smelting and forging of iron was the great industry of the Weald from the 13th to the 18th century, the first mention of the trade in the county being in 1266.
		The glass-making industry, which had flourished at Chiddingfold[?] in Surrey, and at Wisborough Green, Loxwood and Petworth in Sussex, was destroyed by the prohibition of the use of wood fuel in 1615.
		Among the smaller industries weaving and fulling were also to be found, Chichester having been noted for its cloth, also for malt and needles.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/su/Sussex,_England.html (3119 words)

	AbeBooks: Search Results - Straker and Wealden Iron
		Wealden Iron: A Monograph on the Former Ironworks in the Counties of Sussex, Surey and Kent, Comprising a History of the Industry from the Earliest Times to Its Cessation:.
		Title : Wealden Iron: A Monograph on the Former Ironworks in the Counties of Sussex, Surrey and Kent.
		Wealden Iron: A Monograph on the Former Ironworks in the Counties of Sussex, Surrey and Kent.
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	(Wealden Broadcloth 1331AD - 1566AD - VillageNet History)
		The cleaned cloth was then stretched on wooden racks to dry, these racks were known as tenters, the iron hooks which held the cloth were known as the tenter-hooks (hanging on tenter-hooks is an expression meaning in a state of suspense).
		After drying the cloth was rubbed over with fullers earth, a great deal of which is found in the area, then folded and hammered by a water powered heavy wooden hammer, which gave the cloth a smooth, non greasy surface.
		Most of the Wealden Broadcloth industry was centered around exporting, with only a few local markets.This banning of the export trade basically killed off the industry that brought great riches to the area.
	www.wwiitanks.co.uk /townwards/history/1331-broadcloth.html (389 words)

	Wealden cloth industry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The industry spread along the Weald, and as far north as Maidstone.
		The price of Kentish cloth at the start of the 17th Century was £12-16 per piece.
		One yard of cloth would be equal to a farmworker's wage for 2-3 weeks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wealden_cloth_industry (374 words)

	Weald - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The High Weald of higher hills, ridges and valleys is part of the Wealden anticline, once layered rock that later rose up and folded upward into an arched incline, as well as steep slopes falling away in certain parts of the area.
		The area was the centre of the Wealden iron industry from Roman times until the last forge was closed in 1820.
		The use of its timber for the furnaces, but also for the medieval cloth industry and for the use by the shipbuilders on the Thames and Medway, might well have denuded its landscape, but now that all three industries use other raw materials, the Weald remains one of the most heavily wooded areas of England.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Weald (606 words)

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		About 166o the total area under forest..,as estimated to exceed 200,000 acres, but much wood was cut to supply the furnaces of the ironworks which formed an important industry in the county down to the 17th century, and survived even until the early years of the 19th.
		Above the Purbeck Beds, and covering all the north-eastern portion of the county from the coast at Bexhill and Rye to Horsham, are sands and clays of the Lower Wealden or Hastings Beds.
		The glass-making industry, which had flourished at Chiddingfold in Surrey, and at Wesborough Green, Loxwood and Petworth in Sussex, was destroyed by the prohibition of the use of wood fuel in 1615.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=63951 (4550 words)

	Places Of The World (T-Z) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Utrecht is an industrial city and the capital of Utrecht province in the central Netherlands.
		Wealden is a district of East Sussex stretching from Uckfield to the South Coast.
		Wroclaw is an industrial river port on the Oder, in Poland.
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	Wealden Broadcloth 1331AD - 1566AD - VillageNet History
		The weaving process started by the weavers producing the cloth, then the cloth was scoured in a trough of water with a wooden scraper.
		During the next 200+ years the cloth was created, and the majority exported into europe, however this was due to stop in Queen Elizabeth I's reign.
		Although the industry continued and took about 100 years to finally die, its time was over, and this Act signalled the end of an era.
	www.villagenet.co.uk /history/1331-broadcloth.html (399 words)

	chiddingfold
		Authentic records date this industry as early as 1226, and it continued until the early 17th century when, it is said, but not authenticated, eleven glass furnaces in the area were suppressed during the reign of Elizabeth I on the petition of the inhabitants that they were causing a nuisance.
		The increase in wealth and population brought about by these industries and agriculture is reflected in the fabric of the Parish Church.
		In this area of the village tanning and the dyeing of cloth were early industries, 16c.
	www.townsinbritain.co.uk /surreyvillages/chiddingfold.html (1703 words)

	kent - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		These ridges are the remains of the Wealden Dome, which was the result of uplifting caused by the Alpine movements between 10-20 million years ago.
		In medieval times the Weald was of national importance for two industries: the iron industry and cloth-making.
		Kent is sometimes known as the 'Garden of England' because of its agricultural influence, extensive orchards and hop-gardens.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/kent (2280 words)

	Cloth Doll Making (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Wealden cloth industry - Cloth-making was, apart from iron-making, the other large-scale industry carried out on the Weald of Kent and Sussex in medieval times.
		Discount Designer Child Clothing - Discount Designer Child Clothing Complex cloth - Complex cloth (also sometimes referred to as art cloth) refers to original and unique cloth creations in which artists have employed a variety of surface design techniques to achieve a visually complex and rich surface.
		Clothing Discount Hobby Horse Show - Clothing Discount Hobby Horse Show Hobby horse - A hobby-horse is a child's toy horse popular during the days before cars.
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	Kent - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		These ridges are the remains of the Wealden dome, which was the result of uplifting caused by the Alpine movements between 10-20 million years ago.
		In medieval times the Weald was of national importance for two industries: the iron industry and cloth-making.
		Kent is sometimes known as the Garden of England because of its agricultural influence, extensive orchards and hop-gardens.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/k/e/n/Kent.html (2459 words)

	About Cranbrook
		The Town's prosperity lasted thus for about 200 years until, by an Act of Eizabeth I (1558-1603) the export of cloth for dyeing and finishing in Flanders was prohibited.
		Around the beginning of the 19th century the upkeep of roads was a parish responsibility - a responsibility which they failed to discharge, leading to the setting-up of the Turnpike Roads.
		The Parish of Cranbrook has a population approaching 6000.The town retains its dense mediaeval layout of streets and alleys, with a number of buildings of great interest dating from the 15th to the 19th century.
	www.cranbrookpc.freeserve.co.uk /history.htm (1231 words)

	Historic Kent - Villages - S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Further evidence of the village's prosperity as a cloth town is to be found near the church in the two big half-timbered houses built by wealthy clothiers.
		The excellent cloth hall is dated to about 1420; the hoist that was used for lifting bales of cloth into the loft still hangs from the gable at the west end.
		Industrial modernity clusters around the railway station at the very northern edge of the village, but inasmuch as it forms a sort of all-of-a-piece annexe, it does not intrude unduly upon the rest.
	www.historic-kent.co.uk /vill_s.htm (9760 words)

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		A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands.
		Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.
		A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
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	Cloth Diaper Undergarments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Perfect for both expectant cloth diaper undergarments and new fathers, the Kecci Voyage DaddyBag is designed especially for men with the features of a modern children's diaper bag.
		Lawn cloth - Lawn cloth, or simply Lawn, is a term used in the textile trade for both a type of plain-weave gray cloth, and a type of starched crisp-finish given to a cloth product.
		Complex cloth - Complex cloth (also sometimes referred to as art cloth) refers to original and unique cloth creations in which artists have employed a variety of surface design techniques to achieve a visually complex and rich surface.
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	Kent Information - Online Prescription Medication Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The north Kent strip, however, has always been heavily industrialised, such as the cement industry at Northfleet and Cuxton, brickmaking at Sittingbourne, shipbuilding on the Medway and Swale, aircraft design and construction and engineering at Rochester, chemicals and papermaking at Dartford, and oil refining at Grain.
		The aircraft industry, farming and printing are among local industries that have been in decline in recent years, while tourism and service industries have grown to take their place.
		Industry and services are increasing their contribution to the area, services at a higher rate.
	www.prescriptiondrug-info.com /drug_information_online.asp?title=Kent (2443 words)

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		When he emerged from the womb into the world of time, with the assistance of a midwife, an infant of the sixteenth century was washed and then "swaddled" by being wrapped tightly in soft cloth.
		So Arden was a place of concealment as well as of industry; it was an area that outlaws and vagrants might enter with impunity.
		Beyond the Wealden, in the south of the county, lay the Fielden.
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	Horse Riding Clothing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Horse history horse riding clothing and breeds common to New Jersey are discussed, as are health concerns, including diseases, preventative medicine, horse riding clothing and emergency care.
		There is advice for both new horse owners horse riding clothing and renters, including recommendations on tack horse riding clothing and clothing, stable management, horse riding clothing and horse adoption.
		Cloth Doll Making - Cloth Doll Making Wealden cloth industry - Cloth-making was, apart from iron-making, the other large-scale industry carried out on the Weald of Kent and Sussex in medieval times.
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	Horse Riding Clothes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Horse history horse riding clothes and breeds common to New Jersey are discussed, as are health concerns, including diseases, preventative medicine, horse riding clothes and emergency care.
		There is advice for both new horse owners horse riding clothes and renters, including recommendations on tack horse riding clothes and clothing, stable management, horse riding clothes and horse adoption.
		Jersey Clothing - Jersey Clothing Gunnison Beach, Sandy Hook, NJ - Gunnison Beach is part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, the only Nude Beach in New Jersey and one of the major clothing-optional recreation areas in the New York metro area.
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		Smaller farmers sold their cattle within their own communities, but the "larger Wealden fatterners such as the Pelhams or Ashburnhams sold further afield."34 Both families had already grown wealthy by diversifying their invest- ments when transportation from their estates to London improved.
		The heavier industrial raw materials essential for expanding new businesses, such as bricks, coal, and timber, were difficult (if not impossible) to deliver along conventional roadways; only rivers could facilitate their widespread use in manufacturing commodities.
		Cloth makers and farmers, for example, em- ployed water-produced power to make commodities for customers living in the 800 English and Welsh market towns near those rivers.36 During most of the sixteenth and seventeenth cen- turies, England's landlords sided with corn farmers and textile producers when debating the most rewarding use of England's waterways.
	www.afn.org /~afn31294/marvin/chapter4.txt (5335 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Weald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The High Weald of higher hills, ridges and valleys is the central part of the Wealden anticline, layered Lower Cretaceous rock that later rose up and folded upward into an arched incline, as well as steep slopes falling away in certain parts of the area.
		Small towns such as Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Crawley, Sevenoaks, etc., are local centres which have attracted a certain number of commuters into London without having lost their traditional character.
		The use of its timber for the furnaces, but also for the medieval cloth industry and by the shipbuilders on the Thames and Medway, might well have denuded its landscape, but now that all three industries use other raw materials, the Weald remains one of the most heavily wooded areas of England.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Weald (579 words)

	The history of Kent
		Elsewhere in the County the dominant occupation was horticulture and the growing of hops for brewing.
		The hop, iron and cloth industries have provided the Kent landscape with two of its most prominent landmarks, the oast houses used for drying hops and the wealden hall houses of the Kent iron masters andcloth manufacturers.
		The motto is on a ribbon the colour of which is as near as possible to the time-honoured Kentish Grey, a colour of significance in the days of the weaving industry in Kent.
	www.kent.gov.uk /Community/kent-and-its-people/history-of-kent (1752 words)

	Historic Kent - Villages - C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Industry flourished when 16th century Flemish refugees set up a woollen cloth industry, while in the late 17th century Huguenot refugees developed silk weaving.
		This is old Wealden iron country, recalled by the cast iron memorial slab in the church, to John Bottinge, dated 1622.
		As already mentioned, this was once the capital of the Wealden woollen industry and for three hundred years it was one of the wealthiest and largest towns in Kent.
	www.historic-kent.co.uk /vill_c.htm (6918 words)

	ooBdoo
		However, since 1998 when local government was reorganised, Rochester lost its official city status through an administrative oversight; attempts are now being made to regain it.
		Kent, because of its sobriquet "the Garden of England", might be regarded as a picturesque rural county, but farming is still an industry.
		Woollen cloth-making, iron-making; paper; cement; engineering: all have been part of the industrial scene.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Kent (2840 words)

	Historic Tenterden - Ashford Borough Council Internet Service, Kent, United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The new settlers began to claim areas in the Wealden forest for pasturing their pigs and one of these areas was cleared by the men of Thanet, The Tenet-ware, who gave Tenterden its name, Tenet-ware-den, the 'den' or pig pasture of the men of Thanet.
		Under the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 the Mayor and Jurats were replaced by a reformed Borough Council of Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors and in 1974 the Town and Hundred of Tenterden became a "Successor Parish", with a Town Mayor and Councillors.
		Adjacent to St Mildred's is the 15th century Woolpack Inn which is a reminder of the former importance of the cloth trade and next door to the Inn is the Town Hall which was built in 1792 to replace the original Court Hall destroyed by fire in 1661.
	www.ashford.gov.uk /about_ashford/abt_ash_ten_hist.asp (926 words)

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