Bridport is the home of an ancient industry, the manufacture of goods from flax and hemp. The local townscapes of this industry are of great historic significance and provide the building blocks for the regeneration of its historic industrial areas. Acknowledgments vi Foreword vii Sir Neil Cossons Bridport and the flax and hemp industry 1(18) A brief history of Bridport and its textile industry 7(5) Labour, processes and products in the flax and hemp industry 12(4) The recent history of the Bridport netting industry 16(3) Buildings and landscapes of the Bridport flax and hemp industry 19(32) Spinning walks 19(6) East Street: cottages and walks 25(1) Textile mills and factories 25(8) Court Mills 26(3) North Mills 29(1) Priory Mills 29(2) Pymore Mills 31(2) Workshops and warehouses 33(3) The warehouse of Stephen Whetham and Sons 34(2) Housing 36(4) Outworkers' cottages 36(2) Factory-workers' housing 38(1) Managers' and owners' houses 38(2) The South-West Quadrant 40(3) West Bay: Bridport's harbour 43(8) Good's Yard warehouse 46(2) 19th-century warehouses in West Bay 48(3) A future for Bridport's industrial past 51(13) The significance of Bridport's industrial heritage 51(2) The future of Bridport's industrial heritage 53(11) Glossary 64(2) Further reading 66