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Explain how children lived and worked in British textile mills and at Quarry Bank Mill, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
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* Does the site at Quarry Bank Mill provide a full and accurate picture of children's living and working conditions at British textile mills and particularly at Quarry Bank Mill, in the nineteenth century? This essay will explain how children lived and worked in British textile mills and at Quarry Bank Mill, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. It will compare Quarry Bank Mill to other country and urban mills as well as using written and photographic evidence. It will also compare the apprentice house at Quarry Bank Mill to those of other mills and describe how the apprentices were treated. This essay will begin by describing the working conditions endured by children in British textile mills. Thomas Priestly, who is one of the few apprentices from Quarry Bank Mill to give evidence in court, about the working conditions at Quarry Bank Mill, says that whilst he was working on...
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