Ashton Brothers & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Ashton, Thomas
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
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Textile production
Cotton textiles production inc spinning & weaving
Notes:
Traced origins to c1800 and in particular to Thomas Ashton, 1775-1845, who developed a leading cotton textile and merchanting business at Hyde, Manchester. Inherited by Thomas Ashton and a brother in 1845 and expanded substantially. Known as Ashton Brothers from mid 1850s. Incorporated 1888. Reorganised 1899 under same name. 1968 acquired by Courtaulds Ltd
Publications:
- Account of the Introduction of the Northrop Loom into the Mills of Ashton Bros & Co at Hyde, Cheshire, in 1902 by Fetch, A M
- An Industrial Odyssey. Memoirs of an engineer and textile industrialist in a career extending from 1936 to 1995 by Ormerod, Allan
- Introduction to the Mills by Unknown
- Making for a New Age at Ashtons by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Ashton, Thomas
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
- Textile production Cotton textiles production inc spinning & weaving
Notes:
Traced origins to c1800 and in particular to Thomas Ashton, 1775-1845, who developed a leading cotton textile and merchanting business at Hyde, Manchester. Inherited by Thomas Ashton and a brother in 1845 and expanded substantially. Known as Ashton Brothers from mid 1850s. Incorporated 1888. Reorganised 1899 under same name. 1968 acquired by Courtaulds LtdPublications:
- Account of the Introduction of the Northrop Loom into the Mills of Ashton Bros & Co at Hyde, Cheshire, in 1902 by Fetch, A M
- An Industrial Odyssey. Memoirs of an engineer and textile industrialist in a career extending from 1936 to 1995 by Ormerod, Allan
- Introduction to the Mills by Unknown
- Making for a New Age at Ashtons by Unknown