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Archive Reference / Library Class No.Periodical Series
TitleRobert Blincoe, Ellis Needham and the Litton Mill
DateFebruary 2016
AuthorArnold, Chas
DescriptionPages 8-10.
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
TermCHILD LABOUR
FACTORY SYSTEM
MILLS
EMPLOYMENT
Children
INDUSTRIES
SOCIAL CONDITIONS

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Blincoe; Robert (c 1792-1860); Child labourer at Litton Mill, Derbyshire, whose ill-treatment was documented in John Brown's "Memoir of Robert Blincoe".
Needham; Ellis (1760-1830); Farmer and landowner, of Litton, who set up a textile mill at Litton in 1782 with Thomas Frith. He became notorious for cruelty and ill-treatment of his child labourers.
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