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Gott's most notable contribution to the industrial revolution happened at Armley Mills, which he leased in 1804. The mill had been badly damaged by fire when he bought the ruins and ordered that the rebuilding include
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His other mills included Bean Ings (1792), the first wool factory, Burley Mills (1798), and St Ann's Mills (1824).
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measures. When the repairs were completed in 1805, the new factory was the largest wool factory in the world.
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until he was 17. When he finished school in 1780, his father apprenticed him to Wormald & Fountaine,
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Gott experimented with new ways of making wool cloth, introducing innovations such as using
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and one of the first four women magistrates to be appointed to the Leeds Bench.
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Parish church. The tomb, with his recumbent figure, is sculpted by his son
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from the Armley side. In 1928, Gott's house and grounds were leased by
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joined Gott & Sons and managed the company from about 1825.
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Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1859 by Rupert Gunnis
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Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1859 by Rupert Gunnis
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in 1799, and, by the time he died in 1840, he was a
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Industrial Revolution
textiles
factory
Armley
Leeds
Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills
Calverley
Pudsey
West Yorkshire
England
civil engineer
county surveyor
Bingley Grammar School
wool
William Gott

cast iron
fireproofing
steam power
power looms
almshouses
Armley
Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society
Mayor
Leeds
millionaire
Gotts Park Mansion
Humphrey Repton
Kirkstall

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