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Fulling mill

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a mill for fulling cloth as by means of pesties or stampers, which alternately fall into and rise from troughs where the cloth is placed with hot water and fuller's earth, or other cleansing materials.

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Based at Durham University's Old Fulling Mill Museum of Archaeology, the activity drop-in will give children the chance to make Roman purses and dice.
By the end of the 16th century, manufacturing had begun to appear with the building of a fulling mill and blade mills.
Fast-running streams used to power fulling mills near here for the cloth industry centred on Frome, and nearby iron foundries created wealth and offered employment.
 
 
 
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