Heavy Woollen District

The Heavy Woollen District is a region of textile-focused industrial development in West Yorkshire, England.

][2] The district is made up of parts of the modern day boroughs of Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.

The area was one of the key textile centres in Yorkshire, famed for its production of shoddy and mungo.

[7][page needed][8] For years companies had tried to blend different fibres without success leading to the term, "munt go", i.e. "mustn't go" as a Yorkshire colloquialism.

The Heavy Woollen District branch of the General Union of Textile Workers was formed in 1892 to service the needs of the local population.

Five story building with many high windows stretching across the background with road and traffic light controlled junction in front
Machell's shoddy and mungo mill in Dewsbury has been converted to flats but retains its signs
Inside front page from 1917 book with the wording: A short account of the rise and progress of the Heavy Woollen District branch of the General Union of Textile Workers by Ben Turner
1917 book title page confirming the term "Heavy Woollen District" as used historically around West Yorkshire. The book was written by union official Ben Turner, who later was known as Sir Ben Turner , MP (Member of Parliament) for Batley and Morley constituency.