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Location, Location, Location

This theme of our research explores urban-industrialisation development through a fine-grained, historic geographical lens. More specifically, we highlight how the deep roots of large textile industry growth (and, arguably, agglomeration) often arise from post-medieval centres of spinning, weaving, dyeing and bleaching in Scotland and England.

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