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 Colley

From Graces Guide

William Colley (1766-1828) of William Colley and Son

1821 Master Cutler.

1828 Died. 'On Sunday week, aged 62, Mr. William Colley, sen. of Broad-lane, Sheffield. He had, for many years, carried on a respectable business as merchant and manufacturer in that town, and also served the office of Master Cutler.'[1]

1828 Death of his son. Death of William Colley, Cornhill, in his 33rd year, after a lingering illness, the son of William Colley, of Broad Lane, who died ten weeks ago,[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. Hull Packet - Tuesday 23 September 1828
  2. Sheffield Independent - Saturday 29 November 1828