1802 c. 73 An Act for the Preservation of the health and morals of apprentices and others, employed in..cotton and other factories.
1827 B. Drake & E. D. Mansfield viii. 65 Two Woolen and Cotton Factories.
1834 1 157 The greater part..are attached to a cotton factory, but recently erected.
1859 S. Smiles 32 James Hargreaves..was a poor weaver employed in a cotton factory at Standhill.