Cocker Brothers
Steel, files, wire etc., of Nursery Wire Mills, Sheffield; also of Fitzalan Works, Sheffield.
Successors to Samuel Cocker and Son, which was established in 1752. [1]
1855 Exhibited edge tools at the 1855 Paris Exhibition
1856 Dissolution of the Partnership between Thomas Fildes Cocker, Samuel Cocker, Henry Cocker, and Benjamin Thomas Bagshaw, as Wire Drawers and Steel Manufacturers, carried on under the firm of Cocker, Brothers, at Sheffield, in respect of Henry Cocker. All debts would be paid by the remaining partners.[2]
1861 Dissolution of the Partnership between Thomas Fildes Cocker and Samuel Cocker, both of Sheffield, Wire Drawers and Steel Manufacturers and Merchants, and Benjamin Thomas Bagshaw, late of Sheffield, Wire Drawer and Steel Manufacturer and Merchant, deceased on the 4th day of June last.
Thomas Fildes Cocker and Samuel Cocker, continued the firm as partners.[3]
1875 Company registered [4]
By 1890 had acquired Fitzalan Works
See Also
- 1855 Paris Exhibition
- 1855 Paris Exhibition: Sheffield Committee
- 1881 Directory of West Riding
- 1890 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
- 1925/10/09 Motor Show
- 1926/10/22 Motor Show
- 1948 Motor Show
- 1949 Motor Show
- 1950 Motor Show
- 1951 Motor Show
- 1953 Motor Show
- 1968 Who's Who in the Motor Industry: Companies
- 1971 Who's Who in the Motor Industry: Companies
- John Rodgers
- Marriott and Atkinson
- Samuel Cocker and Son
- The Engineer 1888/11/02
- The Engineer 1901/12/06
- Wilfred Flochton Rodgers