Kilbrachan, The Cross, Weaver's Cottage View from ENE showing E front
SC 554121
Description Kilbrachan, The Cross, Weaver's Cottage View from ENE showing E front
Date 18/4/1979
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 554121
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Former handloom weavers' cottage, Church Street, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire Kilbarchan has a history of hand-loom weaving going back to the early 18th century, when linen cloth was being produced. In the 1820s there was a marked increase in the demand for cotton hand-loom weavers, and the village expanded to meet it. This view shows the oldest weaver's cottage in the village, built for a linen weaver and draper, and in the care of the National Trust for Scotland. The building was probably originally thatched. It now contains a demonstration hand-loom. After the 1820s expansion, competition from power looms hit wages for hand-loom weavers very seriously. Many weavers left the trade, and others changed to weaving woollens. The last handloom weaver in Kilbarchan worked into the 1950s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H79/51/3
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