British textile industry

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historical industry manufacturing sector textile industry

The British textile industry is the historic manufacturing sector in Britain centered on the production and processing of textiles, which played a pivotal role in the Industrial Revolution and the country’s economic development.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
British woollen industry 1
British worsted industry 1
Lancashire textile workers 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical industry ⓘ
manufacturing sector ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
contributedTo growth of British Empire trade ⓘ
urbanization in Britain ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
declineFactor deindustrialization in late 20th century ⓘ
international competition ⓘ
economicRole driver of British industrialization ⓘ
major export sector ⓘ
source of urban employment ⓘ
energySource coal ⓘ
steam power ⓘ
water power ⓘ
exportMarket Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfOrigin late 17th century ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfPeak 19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Greater Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scottish Lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyPhase Industrial Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
laborType child labor ⓘ
factory labor ⓘ
female labor ⓘ
mainProduct cotton textiles ⓘ
linen textiles ⓘ
mixed fabrics ⓘ
silk textiles ⓘ
wool textiles ⓘ
mainRegion England NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCenter Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bradford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizationalForm factory system ⓘ
putting-out system ⓘ
rawMaterialSource American cotton ⓘ
British wool NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian cotton ⓘ
regulation Factory Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedIndustry British coal industry ⓘ
British engineering industry ⓘ
British shipping industry ⓘ
technologyUsed power loom ⓘ
spinning jenny ⓘ
spinning mule ⓘ
steam engine ⓘ
water frame ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

J. & P. Coats → partOf → British textile industry ⓘ
Blanketeers march → participants → British textile industry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancashire textile workers
Huddersfield textile industry → partOf → British textile industry ⓘ
this entity surface form: British woollen industry
Huddersfield textile industry → partOf → British textile industry ⓘ
this entity surface form: British worsted industry