Coal, Wool and Paper: Early Industries of Heywood
Heywood might be a 'cotton town', historically speaking, but it was also home to other industries, and some of them were here well before the rise of King Cotton.
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| The early importance and the deadly danger of the Heywood coal mines. |
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| How many coal mines and pits were there in and around Heywood? |
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| Why Heap Bridge was a 'sweet spot' for a thriving paper-making industry. |
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| Glassblowers, pipe-makers and candle-makers - some of the lost industries of early Heywood. (Page under construction) |
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| Maps and plans of the small 19th-century mills that once lined the length of the Cheesden Brook. |
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| The early wool industry in Heywood. (Page under construction) |
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