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Journal Article
Out and about in Cromford Mill, Lea Mills and the Lumsdale Valley
2011
Overview
In the area discussed in this essay, Arkwright's technological changes led to a cluster of mills trying to exploit the fresh opportunities in cotton spinning, before the locational disadvantages became very apparent and they turned away from full reliance on cotton and diversified into wool, finance or other interests.1 Richard Arkwright's two mills at Cromford were at the heart of late eighteenth century industrialization in the East Midlands. According to Edward Baines, the early historian of the cotton industry, he spoke of himself paying the national debt and also of 'buying up all the cotton in the world in order to make an enormous profit by the monopoly'.34 Yet he was a dynamic acquisitive figure, motivated by upward social mobility, building his huge mansion - Willersley Castle - and achieving the respect of his peers.
Publisher
The Historical Association
