The Oldest Printer In Town

It is not widely appreciated that the British textile printing industry started in London. Cotton, silk and linen printing all took root in the capital in the later seventeenth century as a result of growing trade with India and the Far East. Matthew Castle traces a brief history of the only surviving printing firm from these early days, David Evans & Co., based in the Kentish town of Crayford. Also includes and article entitled ‘The Story of the Real Ancient Madder’