James Hargreaves James Hargreaves James Hargreaves (c. 1720 – 22 April 1778) was a weaver, carpenter and inventor in Lancashire, England. He was one of three inventors responsible for mechanising spinning. Hargreaves is credited with inventing the spinning jenny in 1764, Richard Arkwright patented the water frame in 1769, and Samuel Crompton combined the two creating the spinning mule in 1779. James Hargreaves was born at Stanhill, Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire. He was described as "stout, broadest man of about five-foot ten, or rather more". He was illiterate and worked as a hand loom weaver during most of his life. He married and
Spinning House attacked her moral character but nevertheless prompted public debate about the legitimacy of such arrests. The former site of the Spinning House is marked by a blue plaque. Spinning House The Spinning House, also known as the Cambridge House of Correction and Hobson's Bridewell, was a workhouse and prison built in Cambridge in the 1600s and demolished in 1901. In the Victorian era it held local women suspected by Proctors of having a corrupting influence on the male student population, until this power was removed by Act of Parliament in 1893. This removal followed the high-profile case of 17-year-old Daisy