British textile industry

E571922

The British textile industry is the historic manufacturing sector in Britain centered on the production and processing of textiles, which played a pivotal role in the Industrial Revolution and the country’s economic development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical industry ⓘ
manufacturing sector ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
contributedTo growth of British Empire trade ⓘ
urbanization in Britain ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
declineFactor deindustrialization in late 20th century ⓘ
international competition ⓘ
economicRole driver of British industrialization ⓘ
major export sector ⓘ
source of urban employment ⓘ
energySource coal ⓘ
steam power ⓘ
water power ⓘ
exportMarket Africa ⓘ
Americas ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
India ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfOrigin late 17th century ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfPeak 19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Greater Manchester ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
Scottish Lowlands ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ
keyPhase Industrial Revolution ⓘ
laborType child labor ⓘ
factory labor ⓘ
female labor ⓘ
mainProduct cotton textiles ⓘ
linen textiles ⓘ
mixed fabrics ⓘ
silk textiles ⓘ
wool textiles ⓘ
mainRegion England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
majorCenter Belfast ⓘ
Birmingham ⓘ
Bradford ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ
Leeds ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
organizationalForm factory system ⓘ
putting-out system ⓘ
rawMaterialSource American cotton ⓘ
British wool ⓘ
Indian cotton ⓘ
regulation Factory Acts ⓘ
linked to: Factory Act
relatedIndustry British coal industry ⓘ
British engineering industry ⓘ
British shipping industry ⓘ
technologyUsed power loom ⓘ
spinning jenny ⓘ
spinning mule ⓘ
steam engine ⓘ
water frame ⓘ

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J. & P. Coats → partOf → British textile industry ⓘ
Blanketeers march → participants → Lancashire textile workers ⓘ
linked to: British textile industry
Huddersfield textile industry → partOf → British woollen industry ⓘ
linked to: British textile industry
Huddersfield textile industry → partOf → British worsted industry ⓘ
linked to: British textile industry
Sir Titus Salt → associatedWith → Bradford textile industry ⓘ
linked to: British textile industry
Lowell system of industrial organization → contrastedWith → British factory system ⓘ
linked to: British textile industry