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 164,342 pages of information and 246,084 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.

Murgatroyd Brothers

From Graces Guide

of Wool and Leather Mills, Crayford, Kent. Telephone: Bexley Heath 410. Cables: "Murgatroyd, Crayford". Offices: 19a Coleman Street, London, 18. Wool Exchange Bradford.

  • 1947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Producers of Light Leathers, Skivers**, Basils**, Chamois, Dressed Shearlings, Fancy Goods in Lambswool and Leather. (Earls Court, 1st Floor. Stand No. 412b) [1]


  • Note: **
    • Skiver - a split sheepskin leather [origin: Old Norse].
    • Basil - a sheepskin, roughly tanned and undressed. It it also known as a Basan [from Arabic]. [2]


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Sources of Information

  1. 1947 British Industries Fair p194
  2. Chambers English Dictionary