D. Mitchell and Co
1896 Partnership dissolved: Mitchell and Holmes, machine tool makers, Lowkholme [1]
D Mitchell & Co of Central Iron Works, Lowkholme, and Parsonage Works, Keighley, Yorks
1905 Makers of lathes, radial arm drilling machines, shaping and slotting machines, saw benches.
1937 Machine tool manufacturers. [2]
1937 'KEIGHLEY DIRECTOR'S DEATH. Mr. James Crabtree, of Browmead, Riddlesden, Keighley, who has died at the age of 71, was managing director of D. Mitchell and Co., Ltd., machine tool makers, Parson Street, Keighley. Formerly he represented the machine tool section on the Keighley committee of the Engineering Employers’ Federation, and he was president of Keighley Association of Engineers for about three years during the War period. A Freemason, Mr. Crabtree was Past Master of the Scientific Lodge, Bingley. He leaves a widow, a son and a daughter.'[3]
1967 Taken over by B. Elliott and Co.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Yorkshire Gazette - Saturday 31 October 1896
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ Leeds Mercury - Tuesday 28 December 1937