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 173,091 pages of information and 249,766 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.

Marsden and Naylor

From Graces Guide

of Skipton

1928 'SKIPTON FOUNDRY. Messrs. David King and Sons, Limited, ironfounders, Glasgow, who have acquired the business of Messrs. Marsden and Naylor, Foundry Field, Skipton, yesterday commenced the production of castings in Skipton, and the ceremony of tapping the first iron from the cupola was performed by Mrs. John King, the wife of the chairman of the directors. The foundry will provide employment for 30 to 40 men, and the firms contemplate extensions that will provide work for a much larger number.' [1]

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Sources of Information

  1. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - 1 March 1928