ABSTRACT
Although recent reviews have proclaimed the health and vigour of British historical geography (Baker and Gregory, 1984, pp.180–81), study of the industrial revolution and of the process and impact of industrial change is something of a lacunae in geographical research. The main emphasis of geographical research on the period from the late-eighteenth century is on urban and social themes. Although such studies tackle issues which frequently arose from industrial change, the pattern. and process of industrial development is mostly implicit. With a few notable exceptions the study of industry and industrial change in the nineteenth century has been strangely neglected by historical geographers.
