tape weaver

[zowster]

Could anyone tell me what a tape weaver is please.

[PaulineJ]

when and where?
(although I suspect that the occupation is as it says)

Pauline

[zowster]

it appears on the 1881 census and before i have been researching thomas holland born 1841 in west bromwich he is married to Hester they are living in wilnecote staffordshire in 1881 and Hester and the daughter Agnes are tape weaverss?

[PaulineJ]

Sure it isn't taper weaver?.
did you look at original images, and at the pages around?

Pauline

[zowster]

it certainly looks like tape weaver to be honest i wouldn't konw what a taper weaver is either 

[stockman fred]

Hi, in the Victorian dictionary, a tape is "a narrow fillet or band of woven cloth, used for strings and the like (AngloSaxon-toeppe.)"
I don't know if that's any help?
Fred

[behindthefrogs]

A taper weaver was someone who made wicks for candles.

Tape and ribbon weaving was a fairly common occupation in the midlands amongst the women of the labouring classes who did it at home.

David

[oldtimer]

Hi there was a very long established tape-weaving (i.e. ribbon) factory in Tamworth. It was started by a French refugee, and was called Hamel Mills. It was only demolished in the late 1970s. There are a couple of photos of it here -

long link to search.staffs.pasttrack.org


This mill was in the centre of Tamworth. There was also a tape-weaving mill in a nearby village, Bolehall, but as your ancestors lived in Wilnecote, Hamel's would have been nearer.
Oldtimer


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[zowster]

thank you so much for the info i found the website you provided very interesting, thanks again