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James Burton and Sons (of Leigh)

From Graces Guide
1924.

James Burton and Sons of Field and Tyldesley Mills, Tyldesley, Leigh; and of 6, Southgate Manchester.

1774 Company established.

1891 Directory (Leigh): Listed as Cotton spinner and manufacturers. [1]

1891 Burton's mills had 157,196 spindles and 570 looms.

1919 Acquired by a consortium lead by Alexander Young of the Northern Coates Spinning Co, Wigan, and W. H. Heywood of Huddersfield.[2]

1926 The mills were stripped of machinery and demolished.[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ 1891 Cotton Mills in Leigh and Bedford Leigh
  2. ↑ The Times, December 23, 1919
  3. ↑ James Burton (Millowner)
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