Monday 30th August 1971
In the book Industrial Archaeology In Wiltshire, edited by Kenneth G. Ponting, published in August 1971 by the Wiltshire Archaeolgical & Natural History Society and Wiltshire County Council, reference is made to Masters’ And Workmen’s Houses And Workshops connected with the textiles trade. Chapmanslade is mentioned:
“Chapmanslade (ST.828479) . . . very much a weaver’s village. On the south side of the street are two three-storied weaving shops (one converted to a pair of cottages, the other derelict), where a ‘master’ weaver probably employed half-a-dozen or so weavers under him.”