2025.8: West Yorkshire: A noble scene of industry

Identifier: 2025.8
Title: West Yorkshire: A noble scene of industry
Type: book
Format: printed
Date Created: 1981
Publisher: West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council
Place created: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Description: Subtitled: The development of the county 1500 to 1830. The book is a synopsis of the results of a survey by West Yorkshire County Council of the economic and social development of West Yorkshire, after 1500 AD.

Contains chapters on: Textiles; Iron and coal; Minor industries; Communications; Working-class housing; Prioriries for future work.

Includes maps of industrial activities, plans of buildings, photographs and other illustrations.
Subject: Yorkshire history; Textile industry; Extraction industries
Rights: Only viewable in the Saltaire Collection
Rights Holder: Copyright West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council
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