Textiles - domestic
Occupation
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Male |
Female |
Total |
Name (age),
address
|
Shoe
and boot mender |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Samuel
Mayed (60), High Street |
Shoe
and boot maker
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
John Sturman (67), Rockingham Road
|
Shirtmaker |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Eleanor
Ingram (64), Corby Road |
Dressmaker/Tailor
|
0 |
3 |
3 |
Jessie
Ingham (65) and children Francis (41), Kate (26) and Frances (22), High
Street
Annie
Sturman (26), Rockingham Road |
Tailor
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
Thomas
Gaxford (63), Church Street |
Tailor
and hairdresser
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
Elijah
Cooper (66), Dag Lane |
Total |
5 |
4 |
9 |
x |
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Tailoring/dressmaking
It's not known for sure what type of tailoring the
women in Cottingham were involved in at the turn of the Century. However, in the early 1800s, dressmakers and tailors mainly
produced made-to-order clothes. By the 1830s and 40s, the
growing middle class had created a new demand for cheap ready-made men's clothing.
To serve this growing market, women worked at home sewing ready-made clothing
(also called "slop" or "slop-work") for very low
piece-rates. The women who sewed slop could be young, but they were sometimes
older and widowed with children and other relatives to support. Source: The Victorian Web
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Shoemaking/mending
Shoemaking became a widespread occupation in
Rockingham Forest villages during the mid 1700s. Despite competition from the
industrial shoemaking operations in Kettering, which built up from 1776, many
village shoemakers managed to survive and thrive, mainly by repairing boots and
shoes.
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