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1828 Dissolution of the Copartnership  between  William Anthony Sarjeant, William
1828 Dissolution of the Copartnership  between  William Anthony Sarjeant, William
Thring, Humphrey Blackmore, and Henry Blackmore, of Wilton, in  the County of  Wilts, and  of  No.  177, Piccadilly, in  the City and Liberties of  Westminster, Carpet-Manufacturers<ref>London gazette 28 October 1828</ref>
Thring, Humphrey Blackmore, and Henry Blackmore, of Wilton, in  the County of  Wilts, and  of  No.  177, Piccadilly, in  the City and Liberties of  Westminster, Carpet-Manufacturers<ref>London gazette 28 October 1828</ref>
1835 Blackmores bought the remaining stock and looms of the Axminster carpet business and extended their business to include hand-knotted carpets, which were still called Axminsters.


1851 120 employees of '''Blackmore Brothers''' of Wilton visited the Great Exhibition. Blackmores had made the Windsor carpet exhibited by Prince Albert<ref>The Times Sept. 11, 1851</ref>
1851 120 employees of '''Blackmore Brothers''' of Wilton visited the Great Exhibition. Blackmores had made the Windsor carpet exhibited by Prince Albert<ref>The Times Sept. 11, 1851</ref>

Revision as of 18:43, 28 November 2021

1828 Dissolution of the Copartnership between William Anthony Sarjeant, William Thring, Humphrey Blackmore, and Henry Blackmore, of Wilton, in the County of Wilts, and of No. 177, Piccadilly, in the City and Liberties of Westminster, Carpet-Manufacturers[1]

1835 Blackmores bought the remaining stock and looms of the Axminster carpet business and extended their business to include hand-knotted carpets, which were still called Axminsters.

1851 120 employees of Blackmore Brothers of Wilton visited the Great Exhibition. Blackmores had made the Windsor carpet exhibited by Prince Albert[2]

1854 Dissolution of the Partnership between Henry Blackmore and Humphrey Blackmore, of Fuggleston Saint Peter, in the county of Wilts, as Carpet Manufacturers[3]

1861 Dissolution of the Partnership between Henry Blackmore, George Frederick Lapworth, Alfred George Lapworth, and Henry James Lapworth, lately carrying on the business of Carpet Manufacturers, at Benden's-hall, near Wilton, in the county of Wilts, under the firm of Blackmore and Lapworth[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. London gazette 28 October 1828
  2. The Times Sept. 11, 1851
  3. London gazette 11 August, 1854
  4. London gazette 17 December, 1861.