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Alan Rosevear (Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure)
Wednesday 17 June 2026, 16:15-17:45
Mills, maps and Manchester - power and population during industrial change
- 👤 Speaker: Alan Rosevear (Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure)
- 📅 Date & Time: Wednesday 17 June 2026, 16:15 - 17:45
- 📍 Venue: William Hardy Building Room 101, Department of Geography and on Zoom
Abstract
A database of water and wind mills derived from County mapping provides estimates of power available from “natural” sources across England & Wales ca 1800. A database of stationary steam engines for the same period captures the transition to factory mills. The dramatic increase in urban “mills” up to 1850 is followed using detailed maps of Manchester. This is linked to the power and employee numbers for textile mills in the 1838 report by Factory Inspectorate. The impact of the changes on the size and zoning of the urban area are considered and the revolutionary changes of sequential improvements discussed.
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Series This talk is part of the Quantitative History Seminar series.
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