William Bayley Cocker became curate of Hathern in 1801. He was the first to establish Sunday Schools in the village and tried to put an end to cock-fighting in the churchyard. Framework knitting was always very important in Hathern and remained so well into the 20th century. John Heathcoat, inventor of the bobbin lace machine, was apprenticed in Hathern and married a woman from the village. He installed his machines in the Loughborough Mill he co-owned with Boden and thereby provoked the 1816 Luddite Raid on the premises. After the attack, he abandoned the area and set up business in Tiverton, Devon.
Hathern - People Making Places
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