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Barlow and Jones
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Barlow and Jones Ltd., of Manchester, cotton spinners and manufacturers, including Albert Mill, Cobden Mill and Prospect Mill, all in Bolton and a warehouse in Manchester.
of 2 Portland Street, Manchester
1874 Limited company registered to take over the business of cotton spinners of the firm of the same name. [1]
1900 The company was registered on 16 March, in reconstruction on an enlarged scale of a company of the same name (registered 1874), to take over the business of cotton spinners of the firm of the same name. [2]
1957 Acquired John Myers, a mail-order company[3]
1959 Acquired Falcon Mill.
1964 Shortly after floating the mail-order company John Myers, the company was acquired by English Sewing Cotton Co[4]
1967 English Sewing Cotton Co sold the Falcon Mill and Prospect Mill, mainly spinning Terylene-cotton blended yarn, to Carrington and Dewhurst[5]
Other mills in 1891
- Bolton: Directory (Bolton): Listed as Cotton spinners and manufacturers. More details [6]
- Walmersley, Bury: Directory (Bury): Listed as Cotton spinner and manufacturer. More details [7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Times, Jun 19, 1963
- ↑ The Times, Jul 28, 1964
- ↑ The Times, Feb 14, 1967
- ↑ 1891 Cotton Mills in Bolton
- ↑ 1891 Cotton Mills in Bury
- [1] Manchester Archives
- Directors minutes, 1926-1963 (1 volume and loose sheets)
- Private ledgers of W.H. Hoyle, Director, 1899-1911 (2 volumes)