'Workshops of the Sheffield cutlery and edge tool trades' in P S Barnwell, M Palmer & M Airs (eds), The Vernacular Workshop. From craft to industry, 1400-1700

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Author(s) Wray, Nicola
Publication type Chapter
Year published 2004
Pages pp136-49
Publisher Council for British Archaeology
Place Published York

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Name Production of goods & services - methods & organisation
Name Buildings: building types

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Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:

Considers the archaeological evidence of the Sheffield cutlery and tool industry to show that, notwithstanding substantial increases in the industries' output, production continued late into 19th century in traditional small scale workshops