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Bleachfield, the Glossary

A bleachfield or bleaching green was an open area used for spreading cloth on the ground to be purified and whitened by the action of the sunlight.^[1]

22 relations: Calcium hypochlorite, Charles Tennant, Chlorine, Croft (land), Field (agriculture), Flemish people, Fulling, Grassing (textiles), Linen, Maryhill, Mill town, Northern England, Perthshire, Renfrewshire (historic), Retting, Scottish Lowlands, Stained glass, Sunlight, Tenterground, Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution, Timeline of clothing and textiles technology, Whitefield, Greater Manchester.
Bleaches
Laundry places
Linen industry
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Textile mills in England

Calcium hypochlorite

Calcium hypochlorite is an inorganic compound with chemical formula, also written as. Bleachfield and Calcium hypochlorite are Bleaches.

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Charles Tennant

Charles Tennant (3 May 1768 – 1 October 1838) was a Scottish chemist and industrialist.

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Chlorine

Chlorine is a chemical element; it has symbol Cl and atomic number 17.

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Croft (land)

A croft is a traditional Scottish term for a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable, and usually, but not always, with a crofter's dwelling thereon.

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Field (agriculture)

In agriculture, a field is an area of land, enclosed or otherwise, used for agricultural purposes such as cultivating crops or as a paddock or other enclosure for livestock.

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Flemish people

Flemish people or Flemings (Vlamingen) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, Belgium, who speak Flemish Dutch.

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Fulling, also known as tucking or walking (Scots: waukin, hence often spelled waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate (lanolin) oils, dirt, and other impurities, and to make it shrink by friction and pressure.

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Grassing (textiles)

Grassing is one of the oldest methods of bleaching textile goods. Bleachfield and Grassing (textiles) are history of the textile industry.

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Linen

Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant. Bleachfield and Linen are Linen industry.

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Maryhill

Maryhill (Cnoc Màiri) is an area in the north-west of Glasgow in Scotland.

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Mill town

A mill town, also known as factory town or mill village, is typically a settlement that developed around one or more mills or factories, often cotton mills or factories producing textiles. Bleachfield and mill town are history of the textile industry.

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Northern England

Northern England, or the North of England, is a region that forms the northern part of England and mainly corresponds to the historic counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire.

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Perthshire

Perthshire (locally:; Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland.

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Renfrewshire (historic)

Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Retting

Retting is a process employing the action of micro-organisms and moisture on plants to dissolve or rot away much of the cellular tissues and pectins surrounding bast-fibre bundles, facilitating the separation of the fibre from the stem.

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Scottish Lowlands

The Lowlands (Lallans or Lawlands,; place of the foreigners) is a cultural and historical region of Scotland.

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Stained glass

Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it.

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Sunlight

Sunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, in particular infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light.

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Tenterground

A tenterground, tenter ground or teneter-field was an area used for drying newly manufactured cloth after fulling.

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Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution

Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution was centred in south Lancashire and the towns on both sides of the Pennines in the United Kingdom. Bleachfield and Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution are history of the textile industry, industrial Revolution in England and textile mills in England.

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Timeline of clothing and textiles technology

This timeline of clothing and textiles technology covers events relating to fiber and flexible woven material worn on the body. Bleachfield and timeline of clothing and textiles technology are history of the textile industry.

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Whitefield, Greater Manchester

Whitefield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleachfield

Also known as Bleachfields, Bleaching field, Bleaching-ground.