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Roger

Roger Report 18 Apr 2016 20:46

does anybody know where I can find any info. on norfolk woolcombers Was this a cottage type of industry where apprentiships were not the norm or did they belong to a guild of some kind. My woolcombers conducted their business in and around the Diss area.

Regards Roger cook

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 18 Apr 2016 21:38

http://www.norfolkfhs.org.uk/home-page/local-groups/

(above perhaps worth contacting, or have a look on google)

http://tinyurl.com/jmcghcr

Chris :)

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 18 Apr 2016 21:38

How long ago were your wool combers active, Roger?
Have you had any reply to your post on the Norfolk Family History Society website yet?

There's a lot of information to be found with some Googling.

This article mentions the Guild of Woolcombers:

http://tinyurl.com/jczpmys

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 18 Apr 2016 21:41

http://www.vam.ac.uk/users/node/6607

That refers to Yorkshire - but still Guild of Woolcombers.



Page 16 of this mentions a Guild of Woolcombers in Bristol:

http://tinyurl.com/haajcts

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 19 Apr 2016 13:41

Welcome to the Community boards Roger.



(I'll let Roger know how to fin his replies) :-)

Researching:
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