page_title: Worcester, England
section_title: Glove-making
hierarchical_section_title: Worcester, England / Economy / Glove-making
caption_attribution_description: Collection of gloves at Worcester City Art Gallery &amp; Museum, England.
context_page_description: Worcester is a cathedral city in Worcestershire, England, 30 miles south-west of Birmingham, 101 miles west-north-west of London, 27 miles north of Gloucester and 23 miles north-east of Hereford. The population is about 100,000. The River Severn flanks the western side of the city centre, which is overlooked by Worcester Cathedral. The Battle of Worcester in 1651 was the final one in the English Civil War, where Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army defeated King Charles I's Royalists. Worcester is the home of Royal Worcester Porcelain, composer Edward Elgar, Lea & Perrins, makers of traditional Worcestershire sauce, University of Worcester, and Berrow's Worcester Journal, claimed as the world's oldest newspaper.
context_section_description: One flourishing industry was glove-making, which peaked between 1790 and 1820, when about 30,000 were employed by 150 firms. At this time nearly half the glove makers in Britain could be found in Worcestershire.
  In the 19th century, the industry declined as import taxes on foreign competitors, mainly French, were much reduced. By the mid-20th century, only a few Worcester glove firms survived, as gloves became less fashionable and free trade enabled cheaper imports from the Far East. Nevertheless, at least three glove manufacturers survived into the late 20th century: Dent Allcroft, Fownes and Milore. Queen Elizabeth II's coronation gloves were designed by Emil Rich and manufactured in the Worcester Milore factory.
caption: Gloves, Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
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