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The Halifax Todmorden turn pike road was built |
Early mills built in the Calder Valley |
Gamaliel Sutcliffe built Lumb Mills in Colden Valley for |
Food prices high because of Corn Laws and bad harvest |
Riots by unemployed weavers |
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Steam and gas introduced at Lumb Mills |
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Rochdale canal started |
Cotton becomes Britain’s biggest export |
St Peter’s Square Massacre in Manchester |
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Leeds Manchester railway opened |
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| Cotton starting to become a main industry |
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First Mill in England to be lit by gas at Sowerby Bridge |
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| First cotton mill built |
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1811 Crompton’s Survey |
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1833 Factories Inquiry Commission |
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First Factory Act passed |
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Queen Victoria was crowned |
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French Revolution starts |
Cotton gin invented |
Slavery banned in Britain |
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Birth Certificates introduced |
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