Boase Spinning Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Boase, W L
- Boswell & Co
- Small & Boase
- Boase, William L, & Co
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Dundee, City of Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, Scotland
- Leven, Fife, Fife, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Textile production
Linen/flax textiles production inc spinning & weaving
Notes:
Traced origins to W L Boase who was in business as a flax spinner by 1861 at Dundee. He subsequently joined Boswell & Co, hemp spinners of Leven, which was known as Small & Boase in 1869. Boase Spinning Co Ltd was formed in 1886 to acquire Small & Boase and William L Boase & Co of Dundee. By 1970s acquired by Sidlaw Indudstries
Publications:
- [Boase Spinning Co Ltd, 1861-95] by Lenman, Bruce
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Boase, W L
- Boswell & Co
- Small & Boase
- Boase, William L, & Co
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Dundee, City of Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, Scotland
- Leven, Fife, Fife, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Textile production Linen/flax textiles production inc spinning & weaving
Notes:
Traced origins to W L Boase who was in business as a flax spinner by 1861 at Dundee. He subsequently joined Boswell & Co, hemp spinners of Leven, which was known as Small & Boase in 1869. Boase Spinning Co Ltd was formed in 1886 to acquire Small & Boase and William L Boase & Co of Dundee. By 1970s acquired by Sidlaw IndudstriesPublications:
- [Boase Spinning Co Ltd, 1861-95] by Lenman, Bruce