During the 18th and 19th centuries, cottage industry linen weaving and straw plaiting began to supplement agriculture in the local economy.
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Around 1600, the village divided up the cottage industries such as linen weaving and stocking knitting began to supplement the local economy.
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Trade remained mostly regional and the products of the local industry ( tannery, wool and linen weaving ) only sold in the nearby region.
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During the 18th and 19th century, small cottage industries such as linen weaving and straw plaiting began to supplement agriculture in the local economy.
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Traditionally, Wigan had been a linen weaving area, relying on the hand loom : by 1826 the fibre was cotton and wages were falling.
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In the 18th and 19th centuries, traditional agriculture was partially replaced by linen weaving, straw plaiting and shoe manufacturing ( until 1960 ) in the local economy.
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Textiles in a linen weave texture, even when made of cotton, hemp and other non-flax fibers, are also loosely referred to as " linen ".
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The Barry parish register attests to a small but thriving community based largely on linen weaving existing on the land that became Carnoustie at least from the early 18th century ( before then, the place of residence is not listed in the records ).
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Leitrim was first hit by the recession caused by the mechanisation of linen weaving in the 1830s and its 155, 000 residents ( as of the 1841 census ) were ravaged by the Great Famine and the population dropped to 112, 000 by 1851.
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Paterson, the historian, records that the'Laird of Braidstane's Scotch Colony', established in around 1606, was responsible for the introduction of linen weaving and manufacture to the area around Lurgan in Ireland; he also built mills, the harbour of Donaghadee, and repaired Port Montgomery ( now Port Patrick ).
