The yarn used to be created on the site too and in a room just above the ropewalk raw fibres of hemp and flax were combed and spun. The rope made here has been used on the Cutty Sark and the HMS ...

Despite Manila fibers being their main component, it took a while for the term Manila envelope to catch on. The Oxford ...

Hemp seeds sailed on the Mayflower—the stalks were used for making cloth (including the Mayflower’s very sails), rope, paper, and clothing, among other things. George Washington was a hemp ...