Bibliography

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For more information about the history of Luton's hat industry try the following books and articles, all of which are available at Luton Central Library:


AUSTIN, Thomas George

The straw plaiting and straw hat and bonnet trade.

Patrick O'Docherty, 1871


AUSTIN, William

Notes on two trades [straw plaiting and brickmaking]

In Miscellanea

edited by C. Gore Chambers and G. Herbert Fowler

Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, volume 1, 1913

www.bedfordshirehrs.org


Strawpolis by George BunkerBUNKER, Stephen

Strawopolis: Luton transformed 1840-1876

Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, 1999

 www.bedfordshirehrs.org

 


COBBETT, William

Cobbett's cottage economy, no.8: English straw plait.

J. M. Cobbett, 1823


The cover of the book Straw Hats and BonnetsCURRAN, Joan

Straw hats and bonnets.

Old trades of Dunstable 5.

The Book Castle, 2003

 www.book-castle.co.uk


The cover of the book Straw PlaitDAVIS, Jean

Straw plait.

Shire Album 78

Shire Publications, 1981

 www.shirebooks.co.uk


DONY, John G.

The Hat Industry

In Silverman, H. A. (ed.). Studies in industrial organisation, p.157ff

Methuen, 1946


DONY, John G.

Hats and headgear

In Chambers encyclopaedia, volume 6

Chambers, 1966


The cover of the book Luton and the Hat IndustryFREEMAN, Charles

Luton and the hat industry.

Luton Museum and Art Gallery, 1964

 

 


GOODMAN, F.

How the railways deal with special classes of goods: 1. Luton straw hats.

The Railway Magazine, November 1898


The cover of the book Children of StrawGRÓF,László

Children of straw: the story of a vanished craft in Bucks, Herts, Beds and Essex.

Barracuda, 1988

 


The HAT maker's manual containing a full description of hat making in all its branches.

Cowie and Strange, 1829


HORN, Pamela L. R.

Child workers in the pillow lace and straw plait trades of Victorian Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire

The Historical Journal, vol. XVII, no.4, 1974


INWARDS, Harry

Straw hats: their history and manufacture.

Pitman, 1922


LAW, C. M.

Luton and the Hat Industry.

The East Midland Geographer, vol.4, part 6, no. 30


The LITTLE Straw Hat Book.

Luton Museum and Art Gallery, [no date]


LUTON and the Straw Plait Industry.

Illustrated London News, 7 December 1878


The cover of the book The Romance of the Straw HatLUTON MUSEUM

The romance of the Straw Hat: Being a history of the industry and a guide to the collections.

Luton Museum, 1933

 


The cover of the book Luton: Hat Industry 1750 to 2000LUTON MUSEUM EDUCATION SERVICE

Luton: hat industry 1750 to 2000.

Luton Museum Education Service, 2003

 


The cover of the book Luton: Straw Hat Boom Town 1850 to 1910LUTON MUSEUM EDUCATION SERVICE

Luton: straw hat boom town 1850 to 1910.

Luton Museum Education Service, 2002

 


The cover of the booklet One Hundred Colourful YearsLYE AND SONS LTD

One hundred colourful years: a brief history of Lye and Sons Ltd.

Lye and Sons Ltd, 1957

 


PINDER, D. A.

MILLINERY: Luton's most fashionable heritage: a guide presented by the British Hat Guild in association with Luton Borough Council, [no date]


The Luton Hat Industry: aspects of the development of a localised trade.

D. A. Pinder, 1970


PINDER D. A.

The organization of the Luton Hat Industry.

University of Reading, Dept of Geography, 1967


PINDER D. A.

The Spatial Development of the Luton Hat Industry in the Early Twentieth Century.

Southampton Research Series in Geography no.6, June 1971


The cover of the leaflet Luton Hat Trail 1PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, Dept of, Luton Borough Council

Luton Hat Trail 1: The Bute Street area.

Luton Borough Council, 1988

 Click here to view Luton Hat Trail


The cover of the leaflet Luton Hat Trail 2PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, Dept of, Luton Borough Council

Luton Hat Trail 2: High Town - Old Bedford Road.

Luton Borough Council, 1988

 Click here to view Luton Hat Trail 2


POOLE, Lorna N

The Olney Hat

The Gazette of the John Lewis Partnership, vol.59 no 50, 21 January 1978


SMITH, Terence Paul

House types connected with the Luton hat industry: a preliminary survey

Industrial Archaeology, no.9, February 1972


TODD, R

The straw Hat and Bonnet Dealers' Guide.

R. Todd, 1853


The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Bedfordshire.

3 volumes plus index

The University of London Institute for Historical Research, 1972

(First published by Archibald Constable and Company Ltd, 1904)


The cover of the booklet 200 Years of MillineryVYSE SONS AND CO. LTD

200 years of Millinery

Vyse Sons and Co. Ltd, 1965

 


The cover of The History of the Worshipful Company of FeltmakersWEINSTEIN, Rosemary

The history of the Worshipful Company of Feltmakers, 1604 - 2004.

Phillimore, 2004

 www.phillimore.co.uk


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