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 162,345 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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.

William Ashton (Manchester)

From Graces Guide

William Ashton of Commercial Foundry, Commercial Street, Knott Mill (bottom of Little Peter Street), Manchester.


Machine maker and iron founder. Slubbing, roving, and drawing frames, braiding machines, etc. [1]

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Sources of Information

  1. Slater's Directory of Manchester and Salford, 1863