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‘The beginning of the end’, Norfolk’s textile industry in decline

Posted on 24 January 2020 by elizabethjayne2015

In 1769, one of Norwich’s largest textile firms went bankrupt. Although abrupt, the downfall of Stannard & Taylor was, as their successors’ financial records indicate, symptomatic of wider changes that marked the beginning of Norfolk’s slow, drawn-out commercial and industrial … Continue reading →

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