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William Robert Renshaw (1845-1923) of W. R. Renshaw and Co
Born Handforth, Cheshire, 1845
Apprenticed to Barker and Cope of Kidsgrove, and took over their Union Foundry in the 1880s.[1]
1923 Died at Stoke-on-Trent.
A transcribed obituary and other information is available online [2]
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