Anstie, John
Other Business Names:
- Anstie, Benjamin
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Devizes, Wiltshire, Wiltshire, South West, England
Sectors:
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Textile production
Woollen & worsted textiles production inc spinning & weaving
Notes:
John Anstie, 1743-1830. Joined his father, John, d1779, and brother, Benjamin, in partnership in 1776 as woollen cloth manufacturers. 1785 built a very large manufactory at Devizes and by early 1790s had ten works in Devizes area. Combined wool with silk for fancy cloth production. Bankrupt 1793
Publications:
- Cloth Industry in the West of England from 1640 to 1880 by Mann, Julia de L
- John Anstie of Devizes, 1743-1830. An eighteenth century Wiltshire clothier by Haycock, Lorna
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Anstie, Benjamin
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Devizes, Wiltshire, Wiltshire, South West, England
Sectors:
- Textile production Woollen & worsted textiles production inc spinning & weaving
Notes:
John Anstie, 1743-1830. Joined his father, John, d1779, and brother, Benjamin, in partnership in 1776 as woollen cloth manufacturers. 1785 built a very large manufactory at Devizes and by early 1790s had ten works in Devizes area. Combined wool with silk for fancy cloth production. Bankrupt 1793Publications:
- Cloth Industry in the West of England from 1640 to 1880 by Mann, Julia de L
- John Anstie of Devizes, 1743-1830. An eighteenth century Wiltshire clothier by Haycock, Lorna