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Early buttons were hand-made using sheep’s horn and wool, readily available in North Dorset. Expertise in this domestic heritage craft was then passed down from generation to generation, providing families with home-based employment for over two centuries.
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In 1698, an Act was passed to prevent making or selling buttons “made of cloth, serge, drugget, or other stuffs”. This helped to protect buttoners who worked in silk, mohair, gimp and thread buttons worked with a needle. Not much is known about the development of the business in the 1600’s.
Feb 1, 2010 · Buttons were not made in England before the 15th century; until then all clothing had been fastened using just a tie-string. It took a man who began his career as a soldier from the Cotswolds to make his adopted county a renowned centre for button-making, though he was not the first buttoner in Wessex.
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Designed to be a showcase of everything the British Empire had to offer, the Great Exhibition of 1851 was hosted at the Crystal Palace and had displays of science, industry, and the arts from throughout the empire. The Great Exhibition was a massive success and led to the creation of the Albertopolis that today is populated by buildings such as the...
The man for whom the phrase “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” was created, Dr. David Livingstone, was a physician, missionary, and explorer. In 1852, he set out to explore Zambesi (also spelled Zambezi), deep in central Africa, where no other Europeans had gone. He would return for another expedition in 1858 and then in 1866 tried to find the source of...
The Crimean Warwas quite possibly the seminal conflict of the Victorian Period. The war resulted from Russian expansion into Europe and Turkey, which led to a coalition of the Ottoman Empire, France, Sardinia, and the United Kingdom opposing Russia. The legacy of the war forever changed Europe and, in many respects, helped lead to World War I nearl...
Dr. John Snow is most well known for his discovery of the origins of a cholera epidemic in London in 1854. By tracking the source of the outbreak to a tainted well in Soho, he helped to establish cholera as a waterborne virus. This discovery was also one of several factors that led to the creation of the modern London sewer and water system.
The Daily Telegraph, also known as The Telegraph, is one of the United Kingdom’s foremost newspapers and has been since it was founded in 1855. It began as a method for Arthur B. Sleigh to express his grievances against Prince George, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. After Sleigh could not keep the paper running, it was turned over Joseph Mo...
Most people think of Big Ben as the Clock Tower, but it’s actually the tower’s largest bell. Big Ben was cast originally in 1856 at the now-closed Whitechapel Bell Foundry. The original name for the bell was “Royal Victoria,” but it got stuck with the name “Big Ben,” possibly for Sir Benjamin Hall, the first Commissioner of Works. The first Big Ben...
A widespread rebellion against British rule in Indian, and more specifically the British East India Company, it began with sepoy soldiers who served the company and quickly spread to several other military units and civilian groups. The British Army eventually regained control of the country but not without a lot of bloodshed and atrocities committ...
One lasting result of the rebellion in 1857 was the end of the British East India Company’s control in India. As part of the reorganization to prevent further rebellions, the British government took direct rule of India. The Government of India Act 1858 formally dissolved the company and transferred rule to the Crown. While still controlling of the...
One of the most important scientific documents, Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of the Species, was the first major work to posit evolution as the origins of life on Earth. Controversial during its time and still debated in some corners today, the book became the foundation of evolutionary science and has changed how we see ourselves and the world.
As with most important dish origins, the question of who opened the first fish and chips shop in the United Kingdom is hotly debated. One potential foundation comes from Joseph Malin in 1860, who opened his fish and chips shop in London. The dish was brought to the United Kingdom by Western Sephardic Jewish immigrants in the 16thCentury, but it too...
History. Some of the earliest accounts of silk buttons being made for sale in the country are from the Royal Wardrobe accounts, and include entries such as ‘a mantel lace of blue silk with botons of the same’ in 1480. At this time, passementerie items such as silk buttons were primarily made by women, known as silkwomen.
Aug 5, 2022 · Buttons were so valuable that a man could pay off a debt by cutting off one of his buttons. By the 18 th century, buttons could include keepsakes like hair or insects or flowers and were even used by smugglers to hide jewels.
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The chahut, which began as a rowdy dance for couples in the 1830s and evolved into the cancan by about 1850, may have been one of the reasons little buttons started to be used as an option to hold drawers closed, London usually following the Parisian fashion innovations and trends by about a decade.
