Are you all sure about the location being Newton Heath near Manchester? There are a lot of places called Newton - e.g. Near Hyde and also near Macclesfield Cheshire where the silk industry was based. The latter Newton was a hamlet which, along with the surrounding area, housed a lot of out-workers for the silk manufacturing industry. HTH Martin On 02/08/2013 13:10, Mike Morris wrote: > Hi Dorothy, > we are trying to prove there was a Silk industry in the late 1700's. Do you have information on that time period? > > Cheers > Mike > > Mike Morris > Toronto Canada > > > > > >> ________________________________ >> From: D JONES <djedoric1958@btinternet.com> >> To: "eng-manchester@rootsweb.com" <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, August 2, 2013 3:03:50 AM >> Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] William WATTS in Newton 1706 >> >> >> Hi MIke >> >> There definately was a silk manufactoring industry in Newton Heath. Several of my early ancestors worled as silk printers including my grt grt grandfather. >> >> Dorothy >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Mike Morris <morrisind@rogers.com> >> To: "eng-manchester@rootsweb.com" <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, 1 August 2013, 15:21 >> Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] William WATTS in Newton 1706 >> >> >> >> Hi Ruth, >> I see no reference to >> Silk manufacturing in Newton Heath in the 1700's. The industry seems to >> be cotton weaving. I would assume it was the Cotton industry that he >> pursued not silk. He was a Weaver....... >> >> Mike Morris >> >> Toronto Canada >> >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Ruth J <ruthgenda@btinternet.com> >>> To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com >>> Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2013 3:56:45 AM >>> >>> I understand from what I've been able to find on the web that they were both relatively small townships - outlying >>> rural villages really - and that it may have been a silk-weaving area. I >>> tried contacting Manchester RO yesterday but got trapped in a convoluted >>> telephone messaging system they have, so will try again today. Any pointers >>> re literature gratefully received. <snip> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >> Other people can learn from them! >> >> Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. >> >> Please SNIP when replying. >> >> Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >> Other people can learn from them! >> >> Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. >> >> Please SNIP when replying. >> >> Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. > > Please SNIP when replying. > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." (Psa.37) Web: http://www.biblewitness.org

According to Wikipedia 'French Huguenots settled in the area in the 16th century to avoid continental persecution, and brought cotton and linen weaving and bleaching skills with them. The arrival of textile mills saw Newton Heath's cottage industry change forever into a fully mechanised mass production system - in 1825 Newton Silk Mill (which exists to this day) was built and the Monsall Silk Dye Works followed soon afterwards.' Pamela