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Stocking Makers Cottages, Tewkesbury white plaque

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Stocking Makers Cottages. This 18th century house was designed for stocking makers; the long first floor window giving maximum light onto their work. The weavers worked on frames often rented from a hosier. The carding and spinning was traditionally done by women and children. In the 18th century wh

en cotton replaced wool, the Tewkesbury makers used two ply locally spun yarn. Nottingham makers, who used three ply Indian yarn, sponsored "The Tewkesbury Act" to enforce labelling of "superior" thre

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