Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

John Lewis (2)

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John Lewis

1810 September 06th. Married. 'On Thursday at Minchinhampton, Mr. John Lewis, of Brimscombe Port, to Esther, fourth daughter of Mr. John Baker, of the same place.'[1]

1815 Patented a rotary shearing-machine.[2]

1818 Patent. 'JOHN LEWIS, clothier, WILLIAM LEWIS, dyer, and WILLIAM DAVIS, engineer, all of Brimscomb, Gloucestershire; for certain improvements on wire-gig mills, for the purpose of dressing woollen and other cloths, that may require such process. Dec. 19.'[3]

1844 'the late John Lewis, Esq., of Brimscombe, Gloucestershire.'

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Sources of Information

  1. Cheltenham Chronicle - Thursday 06 September 1810
  2. Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday 17 December 1829
  3. The Scots Magazine - Sunday 01 February 1818