Links & Further Reading
Links to other websites and further information about subjects related to this website.
Costume
BRADFIELD, N. 1997 Historical costumes of England: From the eleventh to the twentieth century. Orpington: Eric Dobby Publishing Ltd.
CUMMING, V. 1981 Costume history 1500-1900. London: Batsford Academic and Educational Limited.
FARRELL, J. 1992 Socks and stockings. London: B.T.Batsford Ltd.
NUNN, J. 2000 Fashion in costume 1200-2000. London: The Herbert Press.
Technology
BENSON, A.P. 1983 Textile machines. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications Ltd.
BRACKENBURY, T. 1996 Knitted clothing technology. Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd.
PALMER, M. 1984 Framework knitting. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications Ltd.
SPENCER, D.J. 2001 Knitting technology: A comprehensive handbook and practical guide. Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing Limited.
Industrial History
ASPIN, C. 2000 The woollen industry. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications Ltd.
BENSON, A.P. 1983 Textile machines. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications Ltd.
BERG, M. 1994 The age of manufactures 1700-1820: Industry, innovation and work in Britain. Routledge: London.
BRIGGS, A. 1984 Marks and Spencer 1884-1984. London: Octopus Books Limited.
CHAPMAN, S.D. 1967 The early factory masters: the transition to the factory system in the Midlands textile industry. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
CHAPMAN, S.D. 1967 Felkin's history of the machine wrought hosiery and lace manufacturers. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
CHAPMAN, S.D. 2002 Hosiery and knitwear: Four centuries of small-scale industry in Britain, c. 1589-2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
GURNHAM, R. 1976 200 years: The hosiery unions 1776-1976. Leicester: National Union of Hosiery and Knitwear Workers.
HENSON, G. 1970 Henson's history of the framework knitters (1831).Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
HOBSBAWM, E.J. 1972 Industry and empire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd.
HUDSON, P. 1996 The industrial revolution. London: Arnold.
MASON, S.A. 2000 The history of the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters. Leicester: The Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters.
MILLINGTON, J. and CHAPMAN, S. (eds.) 1989 Four centuries of machine knitting. Leicester: Knitting International.
PALMER, M. 1984 Framework knitting. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications Ltd.
RUDD, B.G. 2014 Courtaulds and the Hosiery and Knitwear Industry: a study of Acquisition, merger & decline. Lancaster: Carnegie Publishing.
WELLS, F.A. 1972 The British hosiery and knitwear industry. Newton Abbot: David & Chrles (Publishers) Ltd.
Local History
BARTON, S. and MURRAY, R. 2000 Twisted yarns: The story of the hosiery industry in Hinckley. Hinckley: North Warwickshire and Hinckley College.
BOWLES, G. and KIRRANE, S. 1990 Knitting together: Memories of Leicestershire's hosiery industry. Leicester: Leicestershire Museums, Arts and Records Service.
HINCKS, J. (ed.) 2000 Aspects of Leicester: Discovering local history. Barnsley: Wharncliffe Books.
HORNSBY, M. The Loughborough job: The incident at Heathcoat's Mill.Loughborough: ReprintUK.
JOPP, K. 1965 Corah of Leicester 1815-1965. Leicester: Raithby, Lawrence and Company Ltd.
LEICESTER AND COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1938 Leicester clothes the world. Leicester: Leicester and County Chamber of Commerce.
NASH, D. and REEDER, D. 1993 Leicester in the twentieth century.Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing.
SMITH, D. 1965 The industrial archaeology of the East Midlands.London: David & Charles.
Links
Museums
Leicester Museums & Galleries
Derby City Museums
Leicestershire Museums
Masson Mills Working Textile Museum
Academic
De Montfort University, Leicester
University of Leicester
The Pasold Research Fund
General
East Midlands Oral History Archive
British Hand Knitting Confederation
The Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters
Nottinghamshire History & Archaeology
Genealogy
GENUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy
Derbyshire Family History Society
Nottinghamshire Family History Society
Companies
Contacts in the industry