Kersey, Suffolk
Flowers and other products are often
put on display with a price tag in front
of the house. You take what is to your
taste and deposit your payment in the
basket. In this particular case dried flowers,
which had been broken in the wind,
were offered for sale in Kersey.
The “New Draperies” remained the dominant domestic production process, but this went into decline shortly before the Civil War. The domestic industry then turned to the preparation and spinning of the wool, people worked for a wage, and the weaving industry moved up north towards Yorkshire and the West Country. This was the result of new technological developments, where mechanical looms were used that no longer fittted the home industry. In addition the requirements for water, and a century later the introduction of the steam engine that ran on coal, made demands on supply and transportation that could no longer be met in competition with other areas of England. In a few decades the wool industry had moved to the north of England, where water and coal were in more abundant supply. The “Old Draperies” as well as the“New Draperies” faded away. The many churches and the Guild Halls that you come across in East Anglian villages are a vivid reminder of the history and prosperity of the region.
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More about the history: Wool Towns of East Anglia
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that flows through Kersey.
