Comments on: Twerton Mills http://www.twerton.com/twertonhistory/index.php/twerton-mills/ Connecting the present with the past Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:13:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Thimble http://www.twerton.com/twertonhistory/index.php/twerton-mills/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Thimble Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:46:12 +0000 http://www.twerton.com/twertonhistory/?p=188#comment-49 I am a direct descendant of Daniel Comery. The history of the Twerton Mills was sent to me by a local (to Twerton) historian in 1999. She told me that her researches showed that Samuel Paul Bamford probably took over the existing watermill in 1789. He introduced new machinery including Richard Arkwright's Waterframe. He is known to have ordered the machinery direct from Richard Arkwright in Nottingham. Bamford would have needed skilled men to install the machinery so it would seem logical that he would have emloyed men who had worked for Arkwright in Nottingham. The dates of Daniel Comery being in Twerton coincide with Bamford taking over the mill. It is not unreasonable therefore to assume Danel was there about Bamford's business. I am a direct descendant of Daniel Comery. The history of the Twerton Mills was sent to me by a local (to Twerton) historian in 1999. She told me that her researches showed that Samuel Paul Bamford probably took over the existing watermill in 1789. He introduced new machinery including Richard Arkwright’s Waterframe. He is known to have ordered the machinery direct from Richard Arkwright in Nottingham. Bamford would have needed skilled men to install the machinery so it would seem logical that he would have emloyed men who had worked for Arkwright in Nottingham. The dates of Daniel Comery being in Twerton coincide with Bamford taking over the mill. It is not unreasonable therefore to assume Danel was there about Bamford’s business.

]]> By: PB1958 http://www.twerton.com/twertonhistory/index.php/twerton-mills/comment-page-1/#comment-48 PB1958 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:45:28 +0000 http://www.twerton.com/twertonhistory/?p=188#comment-48 Hello Jane If you havent already read it, then you might find the chapter " The Cloth Industry of Twerton 1780s to 1820s " by Nicholas von Behr, useful background reading. It can be found in Volume 6 of Bath History series of books, isbn 0948975-42-3. Your local library should be able to get hold of a copy for you to lend. My local library is very good at getting books from other librarys for me. The chapter doesnt mention Notts specifically but if your family is like mine then they may have been drawn to Bath mills with the promise of work and somewhere to live. Hello Jane
If you havent already read it, then you might find the chapter ” The Cloth Industry of Twerton 1780s to 1820s ” by Nicholas von Behr, useful background reading. It can be found in Volume 6 of Bath History series of books, isbn 0948975-42-3. Your local library should be able to get hold of a copy for you to lend. My local library is very good at getting books from other librarys for me.

The chapter doesnt mention Notts specifically but if your family is like mine then they may have been drawn to Bath mills with the promise of work and somewhere to live.

]]> By: Joe http://www.twerton.com/twertonhistory/index.php/twerton-mills/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Joe Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:45:01 +0000 http://www.twerton.com/twertonhistory/?p=188#comment-47 Not much to go on and I'm no historian, but one thing which forced people to travel far afield to find work at that time was the Enclosure Acts. Areas of land that everyone had a right to use for grazing their animals were suddenly sealed off. This was a direct attempt by Parliament to force people out of subsistence farming and into the workforce needed in manufacturing areas. The effects were extreme. Again, I'm no expert, but if this family were laid off work with so many children to support, might they have had to return to their home parish to receive the Poor Relief?? Not much to go on and I’m no historian, but one thing which forced people to travel far afield to find work at that time was the Enclosure Acts.

Areas of land that everyone had a right to use for grazing their animals were suddenly sealed off. This was a direct attempt by Parliament to force people out of subsistence farming and into the workforce needed in manufacturing areas. The effects were extreme.

Again, I’m no expert, but if this family were laid off work with so many children to support, might they have had to return to their home parish to receive the Poor Relief??

]]> By: kyalien http://www.twerton.com/twertonhistory/index.php/twerton-mills/comment-page-1/#comment-46 kyalien Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:44:41 +0000 http://www.twerton.com/twertonhistory/?p=188#comment-46 The only thing I can think of is that in this period, Tweron Mills were considered "state of the art". Maybe the relation of yours had specific knowledge of new technology that was being inserted into the plant and therefore would have been hired by one of the Twerton mills to either install it or to run it. The only thing I can think of is that in this period, Tweron Mills were considered “state of the art”. Maybe the relation of yours had specific knowledge of new technology that was being inserted into the plant and therefore would have been hired by one of the Twerton mills to either install it or to run it.

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