Tag: 1770

The Pillow Lace Tercentenary plaque on High Street in Ipswich

Ipswich Pillow lace

By Gordon Harris on March 10, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

In the late eighteenth century, Ipswich had 600 women and girls producing more than 40,000 yards of lace annually. In the 1820’s Ipswich industrialists opened a factory and imported machines from England to mechanize and speed up the operation, which destroyed the hand-made lace industry.

Ipswich and the Breach with Britain

By Gordon Harris on August 5, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

On June 10th, 1776, the men of Ipswich, in Town-meeting assembled, instructed their Representatives, that if the Continental Congress should for the safety of the said Colonies Declare them Independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain, they will solemnly engage with their lives and Fortunes to support them in the Measure.