LOL pmath. 'Trade' in the North of England at this time was likely to be either wool or cotton - the latter being Mr Thornton's 'trade' in N&S. The Wool industry was concentrated in Yorkshire on the east of the Pennines and the cotton industry in Lancashire on the west.
Incidentally, the Woolsack is the seat of the Speaker of the House of Lords in the UK and it has a history connected with the wool trade:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolsack
The above only shows the Irish parliament's copy of the Woolsack so here is a photograph of the House of Lords, showing the Woolsack in situ:-
http://www.parliament.uk/about/images/interior/lor
And, of course, there was the slave trade, which is the industry exposed in JA's Mansfield Park
. Yorkshire is the county which adjoins Derbyshire and as Bingley and Darcy were friends, I would suppose that Bingley was in the wool trade. Darcy could be too but the possession of such a splendid home in the Derbyshire area indicates the greater wealth of coal and/or slavery. Derbyshire was also famous for the first mill for spinning cotton, established by William Arkwright, and a very thriving textile industry developed in that area - Viyella being the first brand name, which Americans may know, and which was named after the Via Gellia road near Matlock Bath, a famous Regency/Victorian spa town which Nathaniel Hawthorne visited. Lizzie and her Aunt and Uncle would have been sure to visit Matlock Bath on their tourist trip:-
http://www.search.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/engi
http://www.visitmatlockbath.co.uk/
I visited Matlock Bath last year when I took a trip around D H Lawrence country to take photographs for B&N readers - Tufa Cottage, once my son's home and supposedly the 'model' for Mellor's cottage in Lady Chatterley's Lover, is on the Via Gellia. (The cable car ride from the Heights of Abraham is very scary!)
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/foundation-web/DryValleys.htm
Incidentally, the Woolsack is the seat of the Speaker of the House of Lords in the UK and it has a history connected with the wool trade:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolsack
The above only shows the Irish parliament's copy of the Woolsack so here is a photograph of the House of Lords, showing the Woolsack in situ:-
http://www.parliament.uk/about/images/interior/lor
And, of course, there was the slave trade, which is the industry exposed in JA's Mansfield Park
. Yorkshire is the county which adjoins Derbyshire and as Bingley and Darcy were friends, I would suppose that Bingley was in the wool trade. Darcy could be too but the possession of such a splendid home in the Derbyshire area indicates the greater wealth of coal and/or slavery. Derbyshire was also famous for the first mill for spinning cotton, established by William Arkwright, and a very thriving textile industry developed in that area - Viyella being the first brand name, which Americans may know, and which was named after the Via Gellia road near Matlock Bath, a famous Regency/Victorian spa town which Nathaniel Hawthorne visited. Lizzie and her Aunt and Uncle would have been sure to visit Matlock Bath on their tourist trip:-http://www.search.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/engi
http://www.visitmatlockbath.co.uk/
I visited Matlock Bath last year when I took a trip around D H Lawrence country to take photographs for B&N readers - Tufa Cottage, once my son's home and supposedly the 'model' for Mellor's cottage in Lady Chatterley's Lover, is on the Via Gellia. (The cable car ride from the Heights of Abraham is very scary!)
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/foundation-web/DryValleys.htm
pmath wrote:
Ha! All those links were just bait, to lure Choisya into our discussion. Who would have thought of mining in connection with Pemberley?
Choisya, what type of trade might JA be thinking of in the passage below?They were of a respectable family in the north of England; a circumstance more deeply impressed on their memories than that their brother's fortune and their own had been acquired by trade.
Mr. Bingley inherited property to the amount of nearly a hundred thousand pounds from his father, who had intended to purchase an estate, but did not live to do it.
LizzieAnn wrote:
Very true, Pmath does deserve thanks & congratulations - especially since I had her example to follow from North & South as well as all she's contributed to this discussion. I look forward to enjoying this last week of P&P with her and with all of you!
Choisya wrote:
Your moderating has been very professional Liz and your summaries and links have been fantastic! Congratulations! Congratulations are due too to Pmath, your co-moderator, who has also excelled herself in providing historical links. You have both set a high standard for all future reader-moderated discussions.
Message Edited by Choisya on 03-08-200701:09 AM
He did indeed pmath - well spotted, I had forgotten that connection.
pmath wrote:
Thanks for the links, Choisya: below is a quote from the first.From the Middle Ages until 2006, the presiding officer in the House of Lords was the Lord Chancellor and the Woolsack was usually mentioned in association with the office of Lord Chancellor.So Sir Thomas More sat on the Woolsack!
Choisya wrote:
'Trade' in the North of England at this time was likely to be either wool or cotton - the latter being Mr Thornton's 'trade' in N&S. The Wool industry was concentrated in Yorkshire on the east of the Pennines and the cotton industry in Lancashire on the west.
Incidentally, the Woolsack is the seat of the Speaker of the House of Lords in the UK and it has a history connected with the wool trade:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolsack
The above only shows the Irish parliament's copy of the Woolsack so here is a photograph of the House of Lords, showing the Woolsack in situ:-
http://www.parliament.uk/about/images/interior/lords1.cfm
pmath wrote:
Choisya, what type of trade might JA be thinking of in the passage below?They were of a respectable family in the north of England; a circumstance more deeply impressed on their memories than that their brother's fortune and their own had been acquired by trade.
Mr. Bingley inherited property to the amount of nearly a hundred thousand pounds from his father, who had intended to purchase an estate, but did not live to do it.
