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York Industries Through Time
The foundations of Yorks commercial identity lie in the powerful medieval guilds that controlled and organised business development here until the nineteenth century. Unlike other Yorkshire towns York a major ecclesiastical centre and a fashionable tourist city was largely untouched by the Industrial Revolution; it owes its nineteenth-century growth to its emergence as a railway hub and as a key force in the British confectionery industry.The book will give todays York residents a unique picture of how their city was as well as those who used to live or work here. Confectionery giants Rowntrees Terrys and Cravens are depicted and described as are other lesser known firms like Cooke Troughton & Simms. These and the myriad specialist shops that have always crowded the medieval streets
all find a place in the pages of this fascinating and original book.
all find a place in the pages of this fascinating and original book.
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