Weaving and Spinning Mills

[sallyyorks]

A picture from 1862 showing mill workers in Manchester . With descriptions of occupations at bottom of image

[kathyw75]

I came across 2 other words for the occupation I know as fuller.

It seems to have been tucker in the south west. Not actually a family member, but related to some other reseach I was doing, William Hayne was master of the Gild of Weavers, Tuckers and Shearmen of Exeter in 1625, having joined the guild in 1606. And he was a tucker.

According to the National Instirute for Genealogical Studies, the word fuller was used in the south and east of England, and wa(u)lker in the west and north.

[Maiden Stone]

I noticed "tuck mills" on Griffiths' Valuation in mid-19thC Ireland. I looked up the meaning as it was the first time I'd encountered the term. I associated tuck with food and assumed they were mills for grain.
Waulking is a word used in Scotland.  Capercaillie had a hit with "Skye Waulking Song".

[windy_miller]

Just stumbled across this site...very interesting as my obsession for the last 20 years has been milling (corn & windmills mostly.

Over the years I have gone through the Royal Sun Fire Insurance policy books looking for windmills but also noting any other mill-related entries.  I stopped at about 1796 (1753-1796) as the growth in policies started to grow exponentially!  However, I have some interesting data.

I'm currently doing the same for Sun Fire Insurance but as it was more popular and an old firm I'm making slow progress.

Are there other collecting this kind of data?

Windy