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1914 Company registered. Morton Sundour Fabrics. Textile manufacturers and mill owners.<ref>Pall Mall Gazette - Thursday 25 June 1914</ref>
1914 Company registered. Morton Sundour Fabrics. Textile manufacturers and mill owners.<ref>Pall Mall Gazette - Thursday 25 June 1914</ref>


1925 [[James Morton| Mr. James Morton]], governing director Morton Sundour Fabrics, Ltd., Carlisle.<ref>Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 19 May 1925</ref>
1925 Mr. James Morton, governing director Morton Sundour Fabrics, Ltd., Carlisle.<ref>Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 19 May 1925</ref>


1935 Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd., the Carlisle firm is part owned by [[Courtaulds]].<ref>The Scotsman - Monday 08 April 1935</ref>
1935 Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd., the Carlisle firm is part owned by [[Courtaulds]].<ref>The Scotsman - Monday 08 April 1935</ref>

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of Carlisle.

1914 Founded by Alexander Morton (1844-1923) and continued by his son Sir James Morton

1914 Company registered. Morton Sundour Fabrics. Textile manufacturers and mill owners.[1]

1925 Mr. James Morton, governing director Morton Sundour Fabrics, Ltd., Carlisle.[2]

1935 Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd., the Carlisle firm is part owned by Courtaulds.[3]

1944 A new warp knitting machine was released, based on extensive experiments carried out by the late Sir James Morton and perfected by F.N.F., Ltd., a company jointly operated by Courtaulds, Ltd., and Morton Sundour Fabrics, Ltd.[4]

1996 Ceased trading

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Sources of Information

  1. Pall Mall Gazette - Thursday 25 June 1914
  2. Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 19 May 1925
  3. The Scotsman - Monday 08 April 1935
  4. The Engineer 1944