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Abbey Dore, 97–102, 117

absconders, clothing of, see runaways, cloth-

ing of

Abergavenny, 89

Aberystwyth, 84

Ablett, William, 21

advertising, 4, 6, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19, 24, 25,

26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 36, 38, 39, 40, 43, 44,

45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54,

55, 56–61, 62, 63, 66, 68, 74, 75, 83,

84, 105, 114, 116, 123, 129, 131, 151,

152, 154

see also billhead

see also branding of products

see also shop windows

see also trade cards

Alcester, 10

alcohol, 36, 57, 89, 116

see also inn

see also pub

Alexander, David, 4, 19, 69

alms, almshouses, 110, 112

alternative currency, clothing as, 55, 89–90,

127

see also makeshift economy

see also exchange of goods in kind

American ready-made clothing market, 8

Antwerp, 5

apprentice, 2, 7, 45–6, 67, 78, 94, 99, 117,

119, 129, 132, 144, 146

Areley Common, 37

army clothing, 7, 50

see also naval clothing

see also uniform

Arnold, Janet, 6

Asquith, Ivon, 56

Astley, 37

auctions, 24, 30, 37, 38, 50, 66, 70, 82, 151

Aylesbury, 53

Aymestrey, 121

ballads, 52, 128

Banbury, 23, 146

Barker, Hannah, 57

Bath, 18

Bedfordshire, 35, 50

Belbroughton, 111

Belgium, 83

Bellows, Rev., Henry, 128

Bentley, Joseph, 14, 23–4

‘best’ clothing, 11, 128, 138, 139–40, 146,

147, 148, 149, 150

see also ‘Sunday best’

see also wedding clothing

Bewdley, 21, 37, 69, 153

billhead, 14, 18, 25, 26, 37, 40, 47

see also advertising

see also trade cards

Birlingham, 39

Birmingham, 9, 14, 30, 40, 69, 71, 72, 76,

94, 96, 146

Black Country, 21, 36, 74, 77

Blockley, 23, 131

Blue Coat schools, 118–19, 122

branding of products, 44, 60


Brecon, 74, 84

Bredwardine, 114–15, 117

breeches, 25, 28, 44, 58, 76, 88, 95, 96, 98,

100, 102, 103, 105, 113, 115, 129–30,

131, 132

leather, 7, 8, 46, 100, 101, 118, 131

maker, 22, 73, 75,

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Bristol, 9, 49, 53, 67, 99

riots, 67

Broadheath, 120

Broadway, 15, 75

Bromsgrove, 21, 106, 111, 112–13, 121

Bromyard, 31–2, 38, 93, 95–7, 106, 154

Brown, David, 66, 70

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 15

Buck, Anne, 35, 37,

Buckinghamshire, 38–9, 53

Buft on, Mary, 140, 142, 144, 147, 150

Burke, Peter, 134

cash buying and selling, 18, 31, 48, 60, 85,

87, 89, 90, 127, 133, 138

see also credit

see also ready money

cast-off clothing, 99, 138, 139, 144

see also second-hand clothing

Castlemorton, 76, 93, 97–101

Chaddesley Corbett, 21, 23, 24

chamber of commerce, 15

Chapman, Stanley, 60, 63

charities, Bishop Hall’s Charity, Kiddermin-

ster, 112–13

Mr Brecknell’s Charity, Belbroughton,

111

Cartwright Charity, Dudley, 113

Ann Hall’s Gift , Worcester, 113

Peter Jones’s Gift , Hereford, 112

Lilley’s Charity, Bromsgrove, 111

Joan Lingen’s Charity, Marden, 111

Samuel Parkes Charity, Great Shelsley,

124

Phineaus Jackson Charity, Edvin Ralph,

111

Pugh’s Charity, Withington, 110

Walter Scott’s Charity, Ross on Wye, 118

see also Blue Coat School

Miss Sarah Scudamore’s Charity, Kentch-

urch, 110

Alderman Sherwin’s Gift , Worcester, 113

Smith’s Charity, Eaton Bishop, 144

Robert Veller’s Gift , Worcester, 113

see also Blue Coat School

see also clothing societies

see also Dorcas Societies

see also gift ing of clothing

see also Jarvis Charity

see also School of Ancient Industry

see also tickets, for charity clothing

charity badges, 113, 118

Charity Commissioners, 109, 111, 112, 114,

115, 116, 117, 124

Cheltenham, 40, 61

children’s clothing see clothing, children

cholera, 15

cider, 1, 26, 36

Clark, Anna, 3

cleanliness, of clothing, 8, 101, 110, 113,

123

of towns, 15, 22

clothes broker, 16, 32, 52, 104, 158

see also salesman

see also clothes dealer

clothes dealer, 18, 19, 25, 28, 29, 30, 55, 58,

60, 61, 78, 82, 89, 95, 96, 104, 113, 153

see also salesman

see also clothes broker

clothier, 22, 38, 46, 157

clothing, apron, 38, 100, 135

as alternative currency, see alternative cur-

rency, clothing as

bonnet, 128, 135, 148

boots, 130, 131, 134

see breeches

buttons, 130, 132, 150, 154

cap, 96

cardinals, 6

chemise, 96, 123, 136, 157, 158

children’s, 94, 96, 97–8, 99–100, 103,

105, 107, 110, 112, 118–20, 125,

126, 135, 152

cloak, 6, 7, 114, 151–2

see coat

corset, 29

see also stays

disabled, 93, 97, 98, 107

see dresses

elderly, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 107,

110–11, 113, 118, 124, 125, 126, 153

gaitors, 40, 131

see gloves

see gowns

see handkerchief

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hat, 95, 102, 113, 115, 128, 129, 130,

131, 132

headdress, 148

hose see stockings

see jacket

leggings, 40

mackintosh, 60, 61, 78

paletôt, 60, 158

pelerine, 137, 148, 158

pelisse, 29, 66, 159

petticoat, 6, 7, 93, 96, 99, 100, 120, 122,

123, 135, 136

pinafore, 135, 136

overalls, 131

ragged, 92, 94

see also nakedness

see ready-made

ribbons, 38, 60, 118, 132, 150, 154

riding habit, 29, 35, 66, 158

see shawl

shift , 25, 93, 95, 96, 98, 99, 102, 111,

113, 114, 158

shirt, 46, 94, 99, 103, 111, 113

see shoes

sick, 94, 100, 107

see smock frocks

see stays

stock, 115

see stockings

see trousers

see waistcoat

see also cast-off clothing

see also cleanliness, of clothing

see also cost of clothing

see also fabric lengths for clothing

see also manufacturers of clothing

see also mending clothing

see also ready-made clothing

see also runaways, clothing of

see also second-hand clothing

see also sewing

see also sizing

see also slops

see also theft of clothes

see also workhouse clothing

clothing clubs, 57, 109–10, 120, 123–5, 128


see also self-help

clothing for colonial settlement, 6, 53

clothing manufacturers see manufacturers of

clothing

clothing societies, 57, 120–1, 122–4

see also clothing clubs

see also self-help

Clungunford, 35

coat, 35, 36, 110, 111, 113, 115, 118, 130,

131, 132

see also clothing, mackintosh

see also clothing, paletôt

colonial settlement, clothing for see clothing

for colonial settlement

Coppett Hill, 134, 136

corduroy, 24, 51, 88, 105, 107, 129, 130,

132, 157

Corfi eld, Penelope, 2, 45

Coseley, 36

cost of clothing, 2, 23, 25, 31, 35, 36, 44,

50, 51, 53–5, 60, 61, 62–3, 89, 90, 91,

95–6, 106, 113, 119, 121, 124, 139,

151, 155

cotton, 8, 14, 24, 38, 39, 41, 73, 76, 78, 89,

95, 96, 107, 110, 125, 129, 140, 157–9

dresses, 31, 38, 40, 76, 110, 135, 140–2,

144–5, 147

industry, 4, 6, 68

Coventry, 146

Earl of, 131

Cox, Nancy, 4

Cradley, 38

Craft a Webb, 117

Craik, Jennifer, 118

credit, 56, 77, 79, 80, 81, 85, 91, 124, 128

see also cash buying and selling

see also travelling draper

see also ready money

‘credit’ draper, see travelling draper

Crewe, Louise, 90

Cristall, Joshua, 133–5, 137–8, 140, 147–8

currency, clothing as alternative, see alterna-

tive currency, clothing as

Deceulaer, Harald, 5, 83

Deptford, 94

Devon, 14

disabled, clothing for see clothing, disabled

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discounted goods see sales of discounted

goods

Dorcas Societies, 121–2

drapers, 4, 7, 15, 16, 18–21, 22, 24, 25, 26,

28, 30, 31, 32, 35, 37, 38–9, 40, 41,

43–6, 47–8, 49–50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56,

57, 58, 60, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 69, 73,

75, 76, 77–8, 80, 81, 82, 83, 95, 96, 98,

102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 112–13, 114,

123, 146, 151, 152, 153

see also travelling draper

dresses, 96, 105, 128, 135, 139–46, 149, 154

cotton, 31, 38, 40, 76, 110, 135, 140–2,

144–5, 147

ready-made, 8, 31, 38, 41, 51, 52, 57, 76,

77, 81, 96, 153

see also ‘best’ dress

see also wedding clothing

dressmaker, 8, 10, 15, 39–41, 48, 122, 150,

153

Droitwich, 23, 24–6, 31, 40, 93, 94, 101–4,

105–6, 107, 115, 132

Dudley, 9, 10, 21, 22, 36, 58, 67, 77–9, 83,

112, 113, 119

Eardisley, 117

East India Company, 6

Easter, clothing at, 99

Eaton Bishop, 76

Eckington, 38

economy of makeshift s see makeshift

economy

Eden, Sir Frederick, 32, 40, 42, 63

Edvin Ralph, 111

elderly, clothing for see clothing, elderly

Evangelicals, 125

Evesham, 14, 21, 23, 36, 40, 73, 75, 80

exchange of goods in kind, 16, 49–50, 53,

76, 87–90

of unsatisfactory goods, 4

fabrics see corduroy, cotton, fustian, kersey,

kerseymere, lace, moleskin, nankeen,

plaid, shoddy, tartan, Yorkshire Broads

fabric lengths for clothing, 96, 111, 124

fairs, 21, 43, 58, 70, 82–3, 147

fashion, 2, 8, 11, 44, 56, 57, 60, 80, 92, 127–

8, 132–3, 135–7, 139, 140, 146–50

Feckenham, 23

Fettes, George, 29

Finn, Margot, 78, 128

Foley family, 120–1

Forest of Dean, 30

Fowler, Christina, 9, 13, 36, 41, 149

Fownhope, 36

France, 8, 14, 26, 74, 133

Frey, Dennis, 127

frocks see smock frocks

fustian, 25, 28, 38, 47, 53, 94, 105, 107, 125,

130, 131, 132, 157–9

gangs, clothing of, 130

Germany, 5

gift ing of clothing, 87, 110, 111, 112, 113,

115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 124, 126, 139

Gillet, Marie, 26

Gloucester, 14, 21, 30, 38, 47, 52, 61

glover see gloving

gloves, 5, 10, 14, 54, 59, 60, 61, 90, 146

gloving, 14, 27, 38, 78, 80, 132, 146

Godley, Andrew, 9

goods in kind see exchange of goods in kind

Goodrich, 133–9, 148

gowns, 5, 29, 32, 38, 40, 66, 76, 80, 93, 96,

100, 102, 110, 111, 112, 113, 124, 125

see also dresses

Great Shelsley, 124

Gregson, Nicky, 90

Griffi th, George, 118

grocers, 4, 24, 37, 38, 39, 152

guilds, see tailors’ guild

Hackney Coach Offi ce, 70

see also Stamp Offi ce

haberdashery, 31, 67, 79, 83

Hagley, 76

Halliwell-Phillipps, Henrietta, 15

Hallow, 120

Hampshire, 36, 41, 149

Hanbury, 73, 76

handkerchief, 38, 69, 76, 129, 130, 135, 136,

148

Hanly, Margaret, 124

hardware, 37, 39, 152

Haverhill, 23

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hawkers, 11, 57, 65, 66–77, 78, 79, 80, 81,

82, 83, 84–5, 153

see also pedlars

Hay-on-Wye, 10

Hereford, 1, 9, 11, 26–9, 30, 31, 39–40, 43,

49–55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 62, 68, 75, 78–9,

81–2, 83, 84–5, 100, 105, 107, 110,

111–12, 114, 123, 130, 136, 139, 140,

144, 152

Hindlip, 46, 120

Hood, Th omas, 8

Hope under Dinmore, 93

hops, 13, 26

horse, transport by, 68, 74

see also transportation

hose see stockings

hosier, 18, 28, 31, 43, 50, 60, 61, 68, 78, 83

house of correction, 129

house of industry, 106

Hull, 31

Hurst Manceaux, 140

Hutchinson, Sarah, 27

Hyam, 53, 152

hygiene of clothing see cleanliness, of clothing

infi rm, clothing for, see clothing, sick

inn, 36–7, 46, 56, 66–7, 73

see also alcohol

see also pub

Irish, 66, 78–9, 117

jacket, 25, 28, 30, 32, 35, 36, 38, 40, 46, 49,

50, 53, 60, 95, 98, 100, 102, 103, 105,

114, 119, 120, 129, 130, 131, 132

Jarvis Charity, 110, 112, 114–18, 120, 125

Jewish, 29, 30, 53, 61, 75

Johnson, Paul, 147

Kempsey, 76, 77

Kentchurch, 110

kersey, 25, 158

kerseymere, 24, 31, 37, 51, 158

Kidd, Alan, 125

Kidderminster, 21, 22, 68, 73, 76, 83, 104,

112, 113, 130, 146, 152

King, Steven, 87, 92, 96, 98, 107

Kingsland, 146

Kingsley, Sir Charles, 8, 61

Kington, 52, 57, 74

Knapp, Susannah, 109

Knighton, 35

Knighton-upon-Teme, 130

lace, 14, 60, 74, 76, 128

Ledbury, 15, 30, 38, 106, 128

Leeds, 130

Leicester, 21

Leintwardine, 35

Lemire, Beverly, 3, 6, 7, 8, 31, 32, 49, 88, 89,

92, 127, 150

Leominster, 30, 36, 38, 41, 56, 74, 146

Letton, 114–16

Levitt, Sarah, 31, 39

licensing of hawkers and pedlars, 57, 65,

67–75, 76, 77, 82, 83, 84

Liverpool, 15

livery, 7, 131

see also uniform

London, 5, 7, 15, 20, 27, 29, 32, 33, 44, 45,

46, 47, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54–5, 56, 59, 60,

61, 62–3, 66, 68, 71, 78, 99, 114, 127,

133, 146, 152

Longton, 89

Low Countries, 5

Ludlow, 10, 35

Lyttleton, Lady, 119

Macclesfi eld, 152

Malvern, 15, 23, 46, 97, 119–20, 154

makeshift economy, 11, 65, 84, 87–8, 98,

109, 153

see also alternative currency, clothing as

see also exchange of goods in kind

Manchester, 4, 8, 21, 31, 47, 51, 68, 83

‘Manchester’ men, 68

see also travelling drapers

manufacturers of clothing, 6, 16, 28, 47, 53,

50–1, 54, 60, 62, 152, 158

see also textile manufacturers

Marden, 111, 140, 143–4

Martley, 106, 132

Mayhew, Henry, 8

markets, 10, 11, 21, 23, 26–8, 30, 40, 41,

65–6, 67, 68, 79, 81–5, 92, 95, 98

mending clothing, 35, 98, 101, 119

mercer, 18, 24, 31, 32, 50

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Methodism, 109

middle class, 3, 41, 56, 80, 81, 109, 122, 124,

133

Miller, Amy, 6, 7

milliner, 10, 15, 39, 41

Mitchell, Julian, 133, 134

moleskin, 25, 30, 47, 48, 51, 158

Monkland, 74

Morrison, James, 15, 63

Moses, of London, 53, 61

Moses, I. and J., 61

Much Marcle, 144

Mui and Mui, Hoh-cheung and Lorna, 37,

69, 76, 84

Myer, Abraham, 29

Myers, of London, 53, 152

nakedness, 91, 93–4

see also clothing, ragged

nankeen, 47, 131, 158

Napoleonic Wars, 1, 2, 50–1, 63, 109

naval clothing, 6, 7, 23

see also army clothing

see also uniform

Newark, 23

Newcastle, 41

newspapers, 13, 26, 36, 38–9, 56–7, 74, 84,

105, 114, 122, 129–30

Newtown, 38

Nicoll, 60

Northwick Park, 131, 138

Norton, Jane, 23

Norton Canon, 130

Nott family, 131

Nottingham, 14, 15

Norwich, 45

Nuremberg, Germany, 5

occupations, agent, Mackintosh, 60

Phoenix Fire, 23

trade directory, 24

see also apprentices

bark stripping, 27

see also breeches maker

cabinet maker, 130

carer, 101

carpenter, 117

carpet weaver, 22, 104, 152



see also clothier

coachman, 131

constable, 89, 91

cooper, 89

see also draper

see also dressmaker

farming, 3, 25, 36, 76, 89, 114, 128, 130

farm servants, 70, 99

farmer’s daughters and wives, 1, 128

fern burning, 134

fi eldwork, 39

furniture dealer, 43–4

game keeper, 35

see also grocer

see also glover

groom, 35, 131

see also haberdashery

see also hardware

hop picking, 88

see also hosier

housemaid, 138, see also servants

innkeeper, 37, 66

labourer, 1, 33, 35, 40, 42, 73, 80, 89, 95,

117, 128, 129, 133, 135, 138

agricultural, 22, 23, 30, 84, 90, 100, 128

lime production, 134

mantua maker, 39

see also mercer

see also milliner

mining, 30, 67

page, 131

see also pawnbroker

piecework, 7

ploughing, 90

plumber, 49

roads, working on, 130

see also salesman

salt worker, 26, 101, 103

sawyer, 37

see also seamstress

see also servants

shoemaker, 81, 135

see also shopkeepers

smock maker, 140

spinning hurden, 101

see also tailor

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see also tally man tanning, 27see also tea dealertobacconist, 37see also travelling draperweaver, 57, see also carpet weaverwashing, 98, 134, 138see also wages

Ombersley, 37, 106out-parishioners, 94, 97, 99, 117–18Oxford, 75, 117, 118

paintings of rural scenes, 133–4Pantall, Richard, 118parish apprentice, see apprenticeparish relief see poor reliefpatents, 24, 51, 60pawnbroker, 18, 22, 23, 28–9, 30, 37, 43, 45,

89, 91, 113 pawning, 29, 37, 87, 96, 106, 128, 131payment in kind, 87, 90, 91, 97, 112, 116,

121pedlars, 11, 65, 66–77, 79–80, 82, 84–5,

153see also hawkers

Pembridge, 30Pepys, Samuel, 6Pershore, 10, 21, 22–3, 32, 39, 68–9, 73, 76Peterchurch, 117Pickfords, 47Place, Francis, 8, 127, 132plaid, 49, 79, 106, 129, 132

see also tartanPoor Law Amendment Act, 31, 91–2, 105,

109Poor Law Commissioners, 106poor relief, 92, 93, 95, 97, 100, 101, 103,

104, 106, 109–10, 111, 112, 115, 119, 121, 125, 126, 135, 151, 153, 154

population, 34, 79, 111, 112, 151, 152Abbey Dore, 98–9Birmingham, 14Bredwardine, 115Bromyard, 31–2, 97Chaddesley Corbett, 21Droitwich, 26Dudley, 21, 79Goodrich, 134Hereford, 27, 40, 112

Kidderminster, 104

Letton, 115

Ombersley, 37

Ross-on-Wye, 123

Staunton-on-Wye, 115

Tenbury, 41

Worcester, 14, 39–40

working class, 3

Presteigne, 146

price of clothing see cost of clothing

pub, 18, 32, 36, 52, 56, 57, 66, 89, 93, 130

see also alcohol

see also inn

Radnor, 35

railway, 14, 16, 27, 51–2, 58


ready-made clothing, 2, 4, 5–9, 16, 18, 21,

23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36,

37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,

48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53–5, 57, 60, 61, 62,

63, 68, 76, 78, 80, 81, 88, 96, 103, 105,

114, 116, 122, 124, 128, 131, 132, 149,

150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 157, 158

see also clothing

see also dresses

see also slops

see also smock frocks

ready money, 4, 18, 52, 56, 124

see also cash buying and selling

see also credit

Reay, Barry, 36

Redditch, 21

Reform Act, 3, 67

repair of clothing see mending clothing

Ribeiro, Aileen, 6–7

Richmond, Vivienne, 124

Riello, Giorgio, 7, 10, 42, 50

rivers, see Severn, Wye

roads, 74, 90


Rock, 131

Ross-on-Wye, 30–1, 61, 68, 118–19, 122–4,

138

Rotherhithe, 31

royal warrant, 43, 45, 46, 60, 61

runaways, clothing of, 128, 129–31, 132,

133, 146

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sales of discounted goods, 4, 15, 29, 52–4,

66

salesman, 18, 21, 22, 23, 25, 28, 43, 44, 45,

46, 48, 50, 52, 58, 100, 158



salt water baths, 25, 26, 101

Schmiechen, James, 7

Scottish, 66, 77–9

schools, free, 118

of Ancient Industry, 119

see also Blue Coat schools

see also Sunday school

seamstress, 8, 48, 99, 107

second-hand clothing, 4–5, 7, 8, 9, 16, 23,

29, 32, 33, 36, 38, 40, 46, 48, 49–50,

52, 82, 83, 84, 88–91, 99, 104–5, 149,

151, 153, 158

self-help, 101, 109–10, 120–4, 125


servants, 1, 3, 11, 35, 48, 50, 58, 67, 78, 89,

99, 128, 129, 131, 133, 138–9, 146

see also occupations, housemaid

Severn, river, 13, 14, 18, 21

sewing, 109, 119, 122–3, 150

sewing machine, 9, 39

Sharpe, Pamela, 54, 93, 138

shawl, 24, 38, 51, 52, 57, 68, 73, 74, 75, 76,

77, 79, 80, 83, 96

shoddy, 8

shoes, 10, 42, 50, 81, 82, 90, 92, 93, 94, 105,

115, 130, 135, 152

shops see shopkeepers

see also warehouse

see also wholesalers of clothing

shopkeepers, Amiss, James, Bromyard, 95, 96

Anthony, Charles, Hereford, 51, 75, 152

Baker, William, Banbury, 23

Barnard, William, Upton-upon-Severn,

98

Belcher, Richard, Kidderminster, 146

Benbow, Th omas, Tenbury, 41

Benson, William, Dudley, 113

Bishop, Th omas, Hereford, 28

Blewitt, Joseph, Coseley, 36

Bosworth, James, 52–3, 58

Bullen, Samuel, Hereford, 49

Burden, Stephen, Worcester, 43–9, 57,

62

Chadwick, Isaac, Kidderminster, 22, 104

Corbett, William, Ombersley, 37–8

Cowley, Henry, Upton-upon-Severn, 98

Davis, Richard, Hereford, 55

Dean, James, Hereford, 100

Edwards, Luke, Hereford, 50, 116

Elmes, F., Aylesbury, 53–4

Evans, Daniel, Hereford, 51–5, 60, 61, 63

Farley, Benjamin, Pershore, 22–3, 73

Freame, Th omas, Worcester, 43–4, 46

Gabb, W. G., Droitwich, 25

Gardiner, John, Hereford, 49

Gardner, Jane, and Jones, Eliza, Ross-on-

Wye, 31

Gibbs, James, Hereford, 112

Harrison, William, Dudley, 77

Heming & Taylor, Droitwich, 104

Hill & Turley, Worcester, 15

Hood, Mrs, Malvern, 15

Hooper, John, Worcester, 44–5

Hornby, Mr, Hereford, 31

Horsley, James, Droitwich, 24–5, 102

Jenkins, John, Leominster, 30

Jones, Edward, Hereford, 53–4, 60, 123

Jones, John, Hereford, 53, 55

King, Th omas, Worcester, 58

Knight, Martha, Worcester, 113

Lillington, Richard, Worcester, 59–61

Maclean, William Harris, Hereford,

78–9

Mallit, Joseph, Hereford, 50

Mallit, Robert, Hereford, 49

Mathews, Timothy Hilo, Fownhope, 36

Meredith, Henry, Kington, 57

Miles, William, 15

Morgan, Nathaniel, Ross-on-Wye, 31

Morgan, Th omas, Ross-on-Wye, 30–1

Nash, Charles and Henry, Upton-upon-

Severn, 98

Newman, Frederick, Hereford, 51–2

Patrick, Daniel, Hereford, 152

Penner, Edward, Ross-on-Wye, 31

Pitt, James, Hereford, 114

Pope, Alexander, Worcester, 45, 46

Powell, William, Worcester, 31

Pritchard, Richard, Hereford, 49

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Pumfrey, John, Droitwich, 25, 26, 40, 94

Ross, Mary, Newtown, 38

Sanders, Richard, Tenbury, 23

Sanders, Richard, Worcester, 14, 18–21,

40, 47–8, 51, 57, 62

Saunders, John, Cradley, 38, 40

Sidney & Dickinson, Worcester, 15, 114

Sillifant, Samuel, Hereford, 55, 68, 82

Skeat, Richard, Worcester, 153

Spriggs, William, Hereford, 28, 54

Spriggs, William, Worcester, 18, 48,

113–14, 131–2

Tetstell, John, Chaddesley Corbett, 24

Taylor, Philip, Bromyard, 32, 96

Tranter, James, Hereford, 58

Turner, J. E., Hereford, 28

Vale, Arthur, Bromyard, 32

Walter, James, Worcester, 18, 48, 113

Ward, Th omas, Ledbury, 128

Warwick, George, Malvern, 15

Watson, H., Hereford, 28, 54

Wilcox, Samuel, Bromyard, 95

Willcox, William, Bromyard, 95

Williams, Peter, Hereford, 28

Woakes, H., Pershore, 32

Wood, Edward, Dudley, 58

see also occupations

see also pawnbroker

shop windows, 4, 25, 51, 52, 58, 59, 60, 61


Shrewsbury, 21, 27

Shropshire, 35, 69, 117

sick, clothing for, see clothing, sick

sizing, 7, 23, 30, 32, 53, 105

slops, 6, 7, 8, 23, 45, 49, 50, 106

shops, 4, 7, 23, 38, 40, 44, 63, 73

trade, 7–8

see also ready-made clothing

slums, 18, 113

Smith, Albert, 8, 58

smock frock, 23–5, 30, 32, 37, 38–9, 46, 50,

51, 52, 53, 55, 62, 88–90, 95, 98–103,

106, 114, 120, 129–30, 132, 140,

151–3

South Littleton, 90

Southall, Mary, 119–20

Southwell, Lord, 120

spa town, 15, 23, 25–6, 40, 101

Spuff ord, Margaret, 65

Staff ordshire, 36

Stamp Offi ce, 67, 70, 71, 73, 74

Statute of Artifi cers, 7, 45

Staunton upon Wye, 114–17

stays, 31, 38, 52, 76, 96, 105

see also corset

Stewkley, 39

Stobart, Jon, 4

stockings, 5, 15, 38, 50, 54, 59, 61, 66–7, 73,

76, 83, 89, 94, 95, 96, 101, 102, 104,

105, 113, 114, 118, 129, 130, 132, 136,

149, 150

see also hosier

Stoke Edith, 107, 120

Stourbridge, 73, 76

Stourport, 37, 46, 73

Stratford-upon-Avon, 146

Sturges Bourne Acts, 46

Styles, John, 3, 4, 10, 13, 26, 41

Suckley, 89

‘Sunday best’, 128, 146, 147

see also ‘best’ clothing

Sunday school, 121

Symonds Yat, 133

tailor, 5–8, 18, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33–7,

39, 40, 42, 43–50, 52–3, 55, 57, 58, 62,

68, 75, 76, 80, 95, 98, 100, 102, 113,

116, 123, 129, 132, 140, 144, 146, 149,

152–3

tailors’ guild, 5–7, 44–5

union, 7

‘tally’ man, see travelling draper

Tarrington, 121

tartan, 66

see also plaid

Taylor, Basil, 134

tea dealer, 37, 67, 76, 77–8, 81, 96

Temperance Movement, 1

Tenbury, 23, 41

textile manufacturers, 21, 46, 50–1, 63, 82

Anthony, William, Manchester, 47

Armstrong & Phillips, Manchester, 47

Cross, Charles, Manchester, 47

Charles Stephens & Co., Gloucestershire,

47–8

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textiles see corduroy, cotton, fustian, kersey,

kerseymere, lace, moleskin, nankeen,

plaid, shoddy, tartan, Yorkshire Broads

theft of clothing, 58, 88–91, 129, 147

Th ree Choirs Music Festival, 13

tickets, sales, 48

for charity clothing, 111, 122, 123

‘Todd’s Low Plan’, 15

tolls, city, 70

Tomkins, Alannah, 87, 89, 109, 117, 118

Torrington, Devon, 14

Tozer, Jane, 39

trade card, 59–61


see also billhead

trade directories, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 21,

22–6, 27–9, 30–4, 37, 38, 39, 40, 46,

48, 49, 50, 51, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 69,

75, 76, 77–9, 81, 82, 83, 84, 95–6, 101,

153, 154

trades see occupations

transportation see horse, transport by

see roads

see railways

transportation to Australia, 89

travelling draper, 11, 65–6, 68, 77–81, 82,

84–5, 124, 153

trousers, 25, 28, 32, 35, 36, 40, 49, 50, 53,

55, 58, 89, 94, 95, 104, 105, 129, 132,

133

Turberville, T. C., 14, 15

Ullingswick, 129

uniform, charity, 116, 118–19, 151

military, 6–7

naval, 6–7

workhouse, 105–6, 108, 116

see also livery

unions, workhouse, 105

Bromsgrove, 106

Bromyard, 32

Droitwich, 105–6

Martley, 106

Upton, 97

Upton-upon-Severn, 10, 21, 66, 73, 97–8

Vowchurch, 117

wages, 63, 80, 87, 98, 115, 147, 149

agricultural labourers, 30, 128

carpet weavers, 22

journeymen tailors, 45

manufacturing, 30

seamstresses, 8

servants, 1, 131, 138, 139, 146

see also occupations

waistcoat, 24, 29, 30, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 49,

50, 53, 54, 55, 60, 63, 66, 76, 82, 95,

100, 102, 103, 105, 106, 113, 115, 118,

129–31, 132, 149

Walsh, Claire, 44

Ward, Th omas, 128

warehouse, 6, 18–19, 47

clothing, 14, 18, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28,

45, 48, 51, 52, 54, 62, 73, 78, 113,

114, 132, 153

drapery, 51, 54, 56, 63

French and English Stay and Bonnet, 78

Manchester, 31, 51–2, 75, 152

see also shopkeepers

Webber, Rev. Charles, 117–18

wedding clothing, 128, 139–46, 147, 148,

149, 154

see also ‘best’ clothing

see also ‘Sunday best’

Welsh, 26, 59, 68, 74, 84, 105

Weobley, 30

Weston Beggard, 121

Wheeler, Th omas, 139

Whitbourne, 88

Whitlock, Tammy, 41, 52, 54, 60

wholesalers of clothing, 18, 31, 43, 46, 48,

62, 68, 75, 77, 78, 114, 151–2

Wilmot, Sarah, 134

window display see shop windows

Wingrave, 39

Withington, 110

Wood, Mrs H., 18, 80

Woodforde, Parson James, 79

Woolhope, 121

Worcester, 9, 11, 13–21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28,

29, 31, 36, 38, 39–40, 43–9, 51, 57, 58,

59, 61, 62, 66, 67, 69–70, 71, 73, 74,

76, 77, 80, 84, 93, 94, 106, 109, 112,

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113, 114, 120, 121, 129, 130, 132, 146,

147, 152–3

Wordsworth, William, 27

workhouses see unions

workhouse clothing, 87, 92, 94, 97, 105–6,

108, 112, 116–17

see also uniforms

working class, defi nition of, 2–3

Wormley, 117

Wribbenhall, 120

Wye, river, 27, 30, 133

Wye Valley tour, 30, 40, 133, 134

Yardley, 131

Yarkhill, 121

York, 14, 28, 29

Yorkshire, 45

Yorkshire Broads, 45

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