Yates and Co (of Wilton)
1889 Yates and Co, of the Royal Carpet Factory, Wilton, was incorporated to continue and extend the carpet making industry carried on in Wilton for 2 centuries. It made Axminster and Wilton carpets.
1896 Issue of shares to pay-off the debentures; the company would then be listed on the Stock Exchange. The company had 3 factories - at Wilton, Salisbury and Southampton, as well as warehouses. Directors were Pardoe Yates, Rachel Yates and James Lander who held a personal appointment as carpet maker to the Queen[1]
Later Wilton Royal Carpet Factory
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- ↑ The Times Feb. 12, 1896