The Golden Age of Weaving in Norwich

The 100 years from 1750 is often recognised as the Golden Age of Norwich Weaving.  The following article describes this period and also other important topics including, the Norwich Red, Norwich Stuffs, the impact of the Industrial Revolution and Norwich shawls:  

https://paulharley.wordpress.com/2019/05/22/norwich-weaving-1750-1900/#:~:text=Manufacturers/employers%20needed%20houses%20or,India%20and%20the%20Far%20East.

Mary Chapman

We had an interesting talk about Mary Chapman and the Bethel Hospital on Tuesday.  It was interesting and somewhat disturbing to learn about the treatments for mental health in 18th century Britain and it was because of Mary's pioneering work that some of these treatments were changed.  For those that would like to read some more about Mary, here is an article from the Norfolk Record Office:

https://norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/mary-chapman/#:~:text=Founder%20of%20the%20Bethel%20Hospital,Chapman%2C%20the%20Rector%20of%20Thorpe.