Bracebridge family
Other Business Names:
- Bracebridge, Samuel
- Wilday, John
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Atherstone, Warwickshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Wearing apparel & footwear production
Hat making
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Wearing apparel, footwear, haberdashery, mercery, etc, distribution
Notes:
Samuel Bracebridge was at work at Atherstone in 17th century as a hat merchant, supplying hatmaking outworkers with felt and selling their output. By end of 18th century family sold business to John Wilday whose family set up the town's first hat factory
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Other Business Names:
- Bracebridge, Samuel
- Wilday, John
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Atherstone, Warwickshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Wearing apparel & footwear production Hat making
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Wearing apparel, footwear, haberdashery, mercery, etc, distribution