Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,701 pages of information and 247,104 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
1833 Report of the death of a worker Thomas Beale in an accident at the mills [1]
1841 Sale of the Mills as part of a larger estate and currently occupied by Mr Dives. [2]
1897 Mayhew and Son(s) reduce the working week from 59 to 53 hours for the same wages [3] [4]
1913 The mills and the business offered for sale by order of the Chancery Division but were not sold [5]
1921 Advertised as Mark Mayhew Ltd [6]
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