following the woollen thread

The evidence of the importance of the wool trade of Britain in Middle Ages and later
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St Laurence's Church, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, is one of relatively few surviving Anglo-Saxon churches in England that does not show later medieval alteration or rebuilding.
Bradford Upon Avon. Saxon Tithe Barn, weavers cottages, purpose built weaving mills and the Avon running through the middle.
via calimaruzza 3.22.11 - 14
via calimaruzza 3.22.11 - 14 a statue of the coat of arms of the arte della lana [wool guild] in florence on the side of a building next to the mercato nuovo. the arte della lana was one of the seven greater arti [trades] in the city during the late middle ages and the renaissance.
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Thaxted in Essex, England, showing St John's Church which was built in 1340 and renowned for its flying buttress spire, which is 181 feet tall and the only medieval stone spire in the county.
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All Saints Church Hollesley, Suffolk, England Copyright: Andy Merrill
Worstead, Norfolk.
Worstead, Norfolk. England, gives its name to Worsted, a type of cloth made from wool and produced by Flemish weavers who settled in this part of Norfolk in the 12th century
The Fulling Mill, Alresford. Fulling cloth tightens & shrinks it into a closely woven product. It used to be done using people's feet in shallow streams with using fullers earth mixed in. In Medieval times water power was being used to drive hammers. The water mills constructed for this purposes were known as fulling mills and for centuries the surrounding area resounded to the hammering of the fulling stocks as they prepared the cloth.