Note 60 — Chapter X · ENCLOSURE AND DEPOPULATION.

“The villages down this Valley of Avon, and indeed, it was the same in almost every part of this county, and in the North and West of Hampshire also, used to have great employment for the women and children in the carding and spinning of wool for the making of broadcloth. This was a very general employment for the women and girls, but it is now wholly gone.” (Cobbett, “Rural Rides,” p. 385, 1830 edition, written August, 1826.)