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.

William Cotton

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of Pinfold Gate, Loughborough, Leicestershire.

1860 Company established.

1904 Incorporated as a limited company.

1914 Manufacturers of patent hosiery machinery. [1]

By 1945 was a subsidiary of Bentley Engineering Co[2]

Became part of the Sears Holdings group[3]

1968 Queen's Award to Industry for Export Achievement. [4]


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Sources of Information

  1. 1914 Whitakers Red Book
  2. The Times, Sep 05, 1945
  3. The Times, May 16, 1956
  4. The Engineer of 26th April 1968 p650