Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.

John Needham and Sons

From Graces Guide
Grid
Drain cover found in Rochester, Kent.
Cast drain cover in Kensington
2018. Ironwork in Windermere.
2018. Ironwork in Windermere.
2018. Ironwork in Windermere.
Drain cover in Chiswick.

of Portwood, Stockport.

Iron founders, manufacturers of grids and manhole covers.

1834 Company established.

1918 C. T. Needham is a partner in the firm. He lives in Didsbury and is one of the local M.P.s[1]

1939 Colonel Joseph George Needham, governing director, dies. He is son of John Needham and brother of Sir Christopher T. Needham and Sir Richard A. Needham.[2]

1979 Foundry closed.


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Sources of Information

  1. Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 27 November 1918
  2. Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 09 January 1940