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Rattle, Derbyshire

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OS grid reference
  
SK347637

Country
  
Post town
  
CHESTERFIELD

Local time
  
Saturday 4:37 AM

District
  
North East Derbyshire

Region
  
Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
S45

Shire county
  
Rattle, Derbyshire

Weather
  
0°C, Wind N at 10 km/h, 97% Humidity

Rattle is a hamlet in the English county of Derbyshire. It is part of the village of Ashover. This portion of the village was the centre of stocking frame working in Ashover and probably derives its name from the noise made by the machines.

The frames were owned and operated by individual families who converted the top floors of their already cramped cottages to accommodate the large, complex machines. Raw materials, such as silk or cotton, where obtained from a local entrepreneur. He would then collect the finished stockings and pay the machinist a piece rate, usually very low.

In the 18th century and 19th century, most of the cottages then existing in Rattle housed at least one spinning or weaving frame. Today, the only surviving 'weaver's cottages' are at the junction of Chapel Hill and Hill Road.

References

Rattle, Derbyshire Wikipedia


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