Fradley Junction Canal Staffordshire UK


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Jedediah Strutt was a hosier and cotton spinner from Belper, England. He was born in South Normanton near Alfreton in Derbyshire into a farming family in 1726. In 1755 he married Elizabeth Woolatt. Strutt and his brother-in-law William Woollat developed an attachment to the stocking frame that allowed the production of ribbed stockings. Their ( Read more... )