Samuel Greg
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Samuel Greg was an Irish-born businessman and industrialist of the Industrial Revolution and a pioneer of the factory system. Born in Belfast, Ireland, he moved to England and built Quarry Bank Mill i
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Hannah Greg (née Lightbody)
Quarry Bank Mill
Some of the houses built by Greg for mill workers
Hannah Greg
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Hannah Greg, with her husband Samuel Greg, was the architect of a paternalistic industrial community in the north of England, a prominent Unitarian and significant diarist. While her husband Samuel Gr
Samuel Greg
…moved to England and built Quarry Bank Mill in Styal, Cheshire, which at his retirement was the largest textile mill in the country. He and his wife Hannah Greg assumed welfare responsibilities for their employees, many of whom were children, building a model village alongside the factory. At the same time…
Apprentice House, Quarry Bank Mill, built in 1790, housed child apprentices
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