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From: "Gilbert Upton" <>
Subject: Re: [CHESHIRE-L] Silk Industry Macclesfield and Wrexham
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 23:54:50 +0100


Silk weaving was also to be found in Leigh, Lancs - it may not have been as localised as it is today. There
does not have to be a connection Macc/Wrex. There is a forum on silkweaving on the Onelist website - not much
traffic though.

Gil Upton, Southport, England


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From: Donald Massey <>
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Subject: [CHESHIRE-L] Silk Industry Macclesfield and Wrexham
Date: 04 August 1998 21:22

I am a member of both the Clwyd and Cheshire groups: in my MASSEY
research, I have found that there were silkweavers in Wrexham in 1666 and
1692 (from baptism entries in Parish Registers): is there any record of a
link between the towns from the industry, which might account for the
Cheshire name Massey appearing in foreign parts ?

Donald Massey

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