Eccles, Holden and Co
of Darwen
1891 Directory (Darwen): Listed as Cotton spinner and manufacturers. Speculation Mill, Darwen and Sudell Side Mill, Darwen; 652 looms, India and China shirtings.[1]
1893 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned, Richard Eccles and William Grime Briggs, as Cotton Manufacturers, at Sudell Side and Speculation Mills, Darwen, in the county of Lancaster, under the style or firm of Eccles, Holden, and Company, has been dissolved, by mutual consent...'[2]
1898 Creditors meeting. '...William Grime Briggs trading at Sudell Side Mills, Darwen in the county of Lancaster under the style or firm of Eccles Holden and Co., and residing at 71 Marsh-terrace Darwen aforesaid Cotton Manufacturer...'[3]