Leather currjing and saddlery are extensively carried on ; but the stock ing and lace trades, once very considerable, have greatly declined since tbe introduction of machinery at Leicester and Nottingham.
also, extensively exported.  Leather currjing and saddlery are extensively carried on ; but the stock ing and lace trades, once very considerable, have greatly declined since tbe introduction of machinery at Leicester and Nottingham.  There are also several foundries, and the manufacture of light brass and iron work is prose cuted on rather an extensive scale.