Sugar for the House: A History of Early Sugar Refining in North West England

Author(s): Mona Duggan 

ISBN: 9781781550403
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When the author discovered that sugar was being refined in a boiler at an inn in Ormskirk in the 1680s, only sixty years after the successful cultivation of the cane in the West Indies, she decided to plot the emergence of the industry around the region and discovered that a fascinating industry existed from an early time.

Although sugar cane had been grown since classical times, it was not until the 1600s when it was introduced to the West Indies that refining came to the North West. Entrepreneurs from towns including Liverpool,Chester, Warrington, Manchester, Lancaster and Whitehaven determined to invest in the process, each for their own reasons.

The Danvers family moved their refinery to Liverpool after the plague and fire of London, while the Whitehaven refinery was built by Lord Lowther to exploit the coal deposits below his town. Similarly each centre had a different reason for its decline. The increase in the size of the ships created difficulties for importers in both Chester and Lancaster, while greed spelt disaster for both Ormskirk and Whitehaven.

Nevertheless the growth of the industry led to an increase in the infrastructure of the region.Using original documents to trace the influence of various personalities on the development and later decline of all but the Liverpool refineries, has been a fascinating project.

BOOK ISBN 9781781550403
FORMAT 234 x 156 mm
BINDING Paperback
PAGES 176 pages
PUBLICATION DATE 15 September 2013
TERRITORY World
ILLUSTRATIONS 83 black and white photographs

 

 






Mona Duggan was awarded a PhD for local history in 1992 by Lancaster University and lectured for Liverpool University. She was ex-president of the Federation of Lancashire Local History Societies and has published 12 books on local history.


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