Traditional industries of rural Wales
Subtitle: self-sufficiency to dependency in the county of Brecon
By: Elwyn Bowen.
Publisher: Cardiff Academic Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cardiff
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Rural industries -- Wales -- Breconshire.
Notes: Thesis (doctoral)--University of Wales, 1987.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-163) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction : The County of Breconshire i Geography (a) Relief (b) Geology (c) Climate (d) Rivers and Lakes ii Settlements and Population iii Communications iv Building Materials References Chapter 1 : The Pattern of Agriculture and Industry i Agriculture in Breconshire prior to 1700 ii Agricultural Changes in Breconshire 1700; title: 1850 iii Changes 1850; title: 1950 iv Industry in Breconshire References Chapter 2 : Cornmilling in Breconshire Introduction i The Early History of Cornmilling ii The Water Mills of Breconshire iii Millers' Cottages iv Mill Lay-outs and Plan v The Distribution of Half Floor, Two Floor, Three Floor and Turbine Driven Mills in Breconshire vi Types of Water Wheels (a) Horizontal Wheels (b) Vertical Wheels (c) Undershot Wheels (d) Breastshot Wheels (e) Overshot Wheels vii Wheel Construction viii From Wheels to Millstones ix Types of Stones (a) Peak Stones (b) French Burrs (c) Composite Stones (d) Sizes and Shapes of Mill Stones (e) Stone Dressing (f) Millstone Quarries (g) Millstone Makers x Water Mill Machinery (a) Gearing (b) Additional Machinery (a) Sack Hoist (b) Machinery Used to Remove Impurities (c) Flour Dressers (d) Miscellaneous Items xi Corn Drying Kilns (a) Attached and Detached Kilns (b) Field Kilns (c) Domestic Corn Drying xii The Later History of Corn Milling in Breconshire References Chapter 3 The Breconshire Woollen Industry i The Woollen Industry Before 1850 ii The Woollen Industry Between 1850; title: 1950 iii The Breconshire Woollen Mills iv The Mill Machinery v Some Stages in Woollen Production Techniques (a) Sorting (b) Scouring (c) Dyeing (d) Willowing (e) Carding (f) Spinning (g) Weaving (h) Fulling and Finishing References Chapter 4 Extractive Based Industries i Limestone (a) The Early History of Limestone Quarrying (b) The Early History of Lime Burning: Mountain and Field Kilns, Commercial Kilns (c) The Later History of Kilns and Quarries in Breconshire ii Charcoal (a) Charcoal Burning and the First Phase of Iron Working in South Wales (b) The Second Phase of Iron Working References Chapter 5 Other Traditional Industries and Craftsmen i The Wheelwright (a) The Craft of the Wheelwright (b) Prices and Wages during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (c) The Demise of the Wheelwright (d) The Wheelwright's Shop in Breconshire ii The Craft of the Blacksmith (a) From the Eighteenth Century (b) Blacksmiths' Wages and Prices (c) Blacksmiths' Shops in Breconshire iii The Leather Trades with Particular References to Saddlers, Tanners, Curriers and Boot Makers (a) The Leather Trade (b) The Tanneries (c) Tanners, Curriers and Boot Makers in Breconshire (d) Saddlers Chapter 6 From Self-Sufficiency to Specialization and the Decline of the Traditional Craftsmen i Decline in the Twentieth Century ii The End of an Era References and Bibliography.