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Broadway in the Lace Market. The Lace Market is a historic quarter-mile square area in the centre of Nottingham, England. It was the centre of the world's lace industry during the British Empire and is now a protected heritage area. It was an area of salesrooms and warehouses for storing, displaying and selling
The Nottingham Industrial Museum is a volunteer-run museum situated in part of the 17th-century stables block of Wollaton Hall, located in a suburb of the city of Nottingham. [1] The museum won the Nottinghamshire Heritage Site of the Year Award 2012 , a local accolade issued by Experience Nottinghamshire. [ 2 ]
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The Oldknows Factory is a former lace factory alongside St Ann's Hill Road and Egerton Street, in the city of Nottingham in England. The works are formed from two 18th century factories, which have since been joined. [1] The original purpose of both factories was the manufacture of lace.
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It was built in 1849 for Louis Augustin Baillon, the Vice Consul of France, as Consulate Offices. In 1860s it was adapted into a Lace warehouse. 35 and 37 Warehouse 1880 [9] 46 Kean's Head Public House. Formerly warehouse and offices 1907 by Robert Evans JP, Robert Evans (Jun), and J Wollatt. [10] 48 to 50 Lace Warehouse, 1883 by S & J Cargill.
The Nottingham lace curtain machine only has one warp, and the patterning threads are carried on a spool, not on a beam. The terms to describe the actions are the same as those used for a Leavers machine: rise, fall, right, left, sley, carriage, comb etc. [ 6 ] The lace is collected at the top, unlike the Pusher machine , where it is collected ...
John Levers was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, where he was baptized on 12 March 1786, the eldest son of John Levers and his wife, Ann, née Walker.He had three siblings: Joseph Levers (b. c.1796), a lace maker and a lace mechanic; Mary Levers (b. 1797), a lace runner; and Thomas Levers (b. 1800), a machine-maker.