1891 Cotton Mills in Colne

Colne (p89)

COTTON SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS

• Amos and Shuttleworth, St. Helen's Mill; 60 looms, ticks, regattas, checks, oxfords, harvards, &c.

• Baldwin, Spencer and Smith, Calder Mill; 56 looms, checks, &c.

• James Bannister and Co, St. Helen's Mill; 60 looms, checks.

• H. W. Bannister, Birchinlee Shed; 64 looms, checks.

• Joseph Birtwistle, Walton Street Shed; 265 looms, stripes and shirtings.

• H. Broughton and Co, Stone Bridge Mills; and Skelton Street Shed; 422 looms, coloured goods.

• John Catlow, Garden Vale Mills; 12,000 spindles, 33B twist, 50' weft; 1,100 looms, good printers Manchester office-7, Booth street.

• William Cock, St. Helen's Mill; 112 looms, stripes, lustres, shirtings, &c.

• Thomas Crabtree and Co, Railway Street Mill; 500 looms, oxfords and shirtings. Telegrams, "Thomas Crabtree, Colne."

• Thomas Foulds and Son, Green Shed; 300 looms: checks, stripes, oxfords, &c.

• Frankland and Co, Walton Street Shed; 226 looms, oxfords, winceys and worsted goods.

• Greenwood and Barker, Calder Mill; 160 looms, oxfords, harvards, regattas, &c.

• Haslam Brothers, Spring Gardens Mill; 700 looms, fancys, dobbies, &c.; and at Yatefield Mill, Burnley. Telephone No., 461.

• Thomas Hyde and Co, Birchinlee Mill; 120 looms, plain and fancy coloured goods.

• Calvin Knight, Parrack Shed; 520 looms, checks, stripes and mixtures; Bradford warehouse -6, Brook street.

• Thomas Mason, Primet Mill, Colne; and Netherfield Shed, Nelson; 986 looms, oxfords, satins, serges, &c.; Bradford warehouse-30, Hall Ings.

• Midgley and Carr, Greenhill Mill; 364 looms, fancy goods; Manchester warehouse-26, Faulkner st.

• John Pickles, Bankfield Mill; 142 looms, Bradford dress goods.

• Preston and Co, Walk Mill; 525 looms, oxfords and Bradford dress goods, checks and stripes; Manchester warehouse-51, Mosley street; Bradford warehouse-26, Swaine st. Telegrams, " Walkmill, Colne."

• James Preston and Sons, Knotts Lane Mills; 320 looms, oxfords, zephyrs and cashmeres.

• Richard Riley and Co, Knotts Lane Mills; 700 looms, oxfords, ticks and zephyrs. Telegrams, "Notsmil, Colne."

• W. and A. Riley, Holker Street Mill; 400 looms, muslins, zephyrs and fancy goods; Manchester office-72, George street.

• Hartley Rushton, Calder Mill; 64 looms, checks, &c.

• Robert Shaw and Sons, Stanley and Great Holme Mills; 69,500 spindles, 30, twist, 308/408 weft; 2,400 looms, printers and shirtings; Manchester warehouse-29A, York st. Telegrams, " Shaws, Colne."

• Joseph Shuttleworth, St. Helen's Mill; 56 looms, harvards, oxfords and handkerchiefs'.

• William Smith, Calder Mill; 68 looms, checks.

• Trawden and Co, Viaduct Shed; 224 looms, checks and stripes.

DYERS, &C

• Richard Holroyd and Co. (and bleachers and sizers), Garden Vale Dye Works, Colne; Hamer lane, Rochdale; and Piercy street, Ancoats, Manchester; Manchester office--lA, Clarence street, Albert square. Pay day first Sat, at Rochdale

• Harry Walker, (sizer), Primet Bridge.

Foulridge. 1.5 miles N. from Colne (p91)

COTTON MANUFACTURER

• Watson Bracewell, Foulridge Mill; Manchester warehouse-63, Brown street.

Laneshaw Bridge. 2 miles E. from Colne (p91)

COTTON MANUFACTURERS

• Alfred Brunton, Laneshaw Bridge Mill; 40 looms, harvards, ginghams, zephyrs, checks, &c

• Hartley Watson, Laneshaw Bridge Mill; 90 looms, coloured goods.

• Alexander Simpson, Laneshaw Bridge Mill; Laneshaw Bridge, 40 looms, checks, oxfords, harvards, &c.

• J. and W. H. Townsend, Laneshaw Bridge Mill; 112 looms, zephyrs, ginghams, &c.

Trawden. 2 miles S.E. from Colne (p91)

BLEACHERS

• Trawden Bleaching Co. (waste), Scar Top Mill.

COTTON MANUFACTURERS

• Thomas Bannister, Black Carr Mill; 100 looms, checks and stripes, oxfords, dobbies, harvards, domestics and regattas.

• Richard Birtwistle and Co, Forest Shed; 200 looms, printers, checks, shirtings, &c. Telegrams, " Birtwistle, Trawden."

• Joseph Eccles and Co, Winewall Mill; 600 looms, fancy muslins and brocades; and Steam Mill, Fylde rd, Preston; Manchester warehouse-37, Mosley street. Pay day last Saturday.

• Hartley Hindle, Black Carr Mill; 100 looms, shirtings, checks and dobbies.

• John Holgate and Co, Black Carr Mill; 100 looms, checks, stripes, shirtings and flannelettes

• John Hopkinson, Black Carr Mill; 56 looms, harvards, oxfords, and checks.

• Lee and Co, Black Carr Mill; 100 looms, shirtings. Letters should be addressed "Lee and Co, Nelson."

• Marsden and Co, Pave Shed, Trawden Forest; 200 looms, coloured goods.

• J. Pickles and Co, Black Carr Mill; 216 looms, oxfords and checks.

• Richard Pickles and Co, Forest Shed; 190 looms, harvards, regattas, zephyrs, oxfords and figured goods.

• John Sagar, Hollin Hall Mill; 669 looms, twills.

Sources of Information

Directory 1891 Worrall's Cotton Spinners

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