The Textile History of Whitby 1700-1914 Apr. 2015 | Page 22

INDEX

washing, 29, 43, 51, 54, 63-65, 81, 84, 125, 127-130, 202, 274,
287, 296, 296-303, 303, 304-305, 305, 308, 315, 359
washing agents/products, 97, 125-129
washing aids, 297, 298
washing day, 296, 304
washing lines, 303
washing machine, 127, 127, 128, 297-298, 298, 302, 306
washing tubs, 127-128, 153, 297-298, 298
watercolour, 28, 280-281, 344, 373
watered tabbies, 61
watered silks, 61
water-driven/power, 150, 282
waterproof/resistant garments etc, 111, 121, 137, 174-175, 205,
240, 241, 275
wax [waxwork dummy], 55
waxed [textile material], 170, 245-246, 262, 264, 337, 360-361
wealthier/wealthy, 30-37, 40, 62, 159, 197, 312
weavers, 13, 51, 57, 61, 66, 69, 74, 83, 89, 93, 132-133, 143-145, 150,
153-166, 169, 178-179
weaver’s widow, 158
weaver’s wife, 159
weavers, retired, 158-159
weavers, unemployed, 159
weaving, 10-11, 51, 57-63, 66-67, 74, 79-80, 83, 93, 143-148,
153-163, 167, 172, 174, 243, 251, 256, 330, 333
weaving centres, 23
weaving mills, 83, 144, 147, 150, 153-158, 160-163, 179, 256
weaving of sails, 17, 58-59, 143-145, 148, 150, 153-163, 167
weaving shops ‘Campion & Coates’ etc, 143, 162
weaving techniques, 11, 71, 155, 205, 261, 321
wedding dresses/gowns, 263-266, 369-370
wedding presents, 264
weddings, 204, 263-266, 277
weft, 46, 79, 161, 170,
weld (Reseda luteola), 291
well-off, 15-16, 18, 21, 26, 31, 56, 61, 77, 79, 81, 84, 87, 134-136, 171,
187, 203, 206, 243, 255, 261, 264, 266, 268, 281, 313, 331, 342, 359
well-to-do, 36, 101, 140-141, 222, 242, 253
West of England, broadcloth, 102
West of England, cloths, 102-103
West of England, tweeds, 106
whalebones/baleen, 19, 205, 250, 259, 284, 364, 366-367
whalebone scrapers, 21
whale fins, 18-19
whale oil, 18-19
whaling business/trade, 19, 175-178
wheel, linen, 35, 71
wheel, woollen, 35, 71
whipping [cord], 178
white/white-work embroideries, 252, 312, 314, 316-317, 322, 324-325
Whitby Agricultural Society, 132
Whitby Gazette, the, 34, 36-37, 37, 38, 40-41, 41-42, 43-44, 44, 45, 51,
70, 74-75, 89, 94, 96-141, 159, 164, 166, 174, 179, 185-189, 198,
199-200, 202-203, 206-207, 211-212, 214-216, 220-221, 224, 227,
232-238, 241, 241, 252, 256, 263, 265, 269, 281, 282, 284, 287, 289,
301, 305, 307, 308, 312-313, 315-316, 316, 328, 330, 332, 334-336
Whitby lifeboat disaster [1861], 26, 279
Whitby Magazine, the, 97
Whitby Panorama, the, 97
Whitby Repository, the, 97
Whitby secondary school, 163
Whitby Temperance Society, 221-222
Whitby Union to Drapers, 133
wholesale houses/merchants, 69, 103

tweed trousers, 121
twill, 9-10, 112, 256, 26