Roe, Charles, & Co
Other Business Names:
- Macclesfield Copper Co
- Roe, William
- Roe, Charles, & Copper Co
- Mona Mine
- Lankford, Samuel
- Roe & Lankford
- Robinson, John
- Stafford, William
- Lankford, Robinson & Stafford
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales, Wales
- Congleton, Cheshire East, Cheshire, North West, England
- Coniston, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England
- Macclesfield, Cheshire East, Cheshire, North West, England
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Copper & brass products manufacture inc plumbing fittings
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Basic metals production
Copper & brass smelting
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Extraction
Copper extraction
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Textile production
Silk textiles production inc throwing & weaving
Notes:
Charles Roe, 1715-81, was a leading industrialist from the mid 18th century. Started business in c1740s by opening important silk throwing mills at Macclesfield. By 1750 in partnership with Samuel Lankford, silk merchant, as Roe & Lankford. Later joined by John Robinson and William Stafford. Subsequently Roe withdrew from this business which became Lankford, Robinson & Stafford; it was bankrupt 1773. In 1750s Roe diversified into copper mining at Coniston in Cumbria and at Alderley Edge, Macclesfield, and later Mona Mine, Parys Mountain, Amlwch, Anglesey; into copper smelting at Macclesfield from 1758; and into brass and copper works near Congleton from 1763. Gave up silk interests in 1760s. Early on operated as Charles Roe & Copper Co and in 1774 as Macclesfield Copper Co. Also canal interests. On his death business carried forward by his son, William, 1747-1827
Publications:
- A Georgian Gent. The life and times of Charles Roe & Co by Smith, Dorothy B
- 'Cartels and internalisation in the eighteenth century copper industry' in J Brown & M Rose (eds), Entrepreneurship, Networks and Modern Business by Read, Robert
- Charles Roe of Macclesfield, 1715-81. An eighteenth century industrialist. Part 1. 1715-66. Charles Roe and the silk manufacture by Chaloner, W H
- Charles Roe of Macclesfield, 1715-81. An eighteenth century industrialist. Part II. 1767-1811. Later history of the Macclesfield Copper Co by Chaloner, W H
- 'Copper Works' in C S Davies (ed), A History of Macclesfield by Davies, C Stella (ed)
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Macclesfield Copper Co
- Roe, William
- Roe, Charles, & Copper Co
- Mona Mine
- Lankford, Samuel
- Roe & Lankford
- Robinson, John
- Stafford, William
- Lankford, Robinson & Stafford
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales, Wales
- Congleton, Cheshire East, Cheshire, North West, England
- Coniston, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England
- Macclesfield, Cheshire East, Cheshire, North West, England
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Copper & brass products manufacture inc plumbing fittings
- Basic metals production Copper & brass smelting
- Extraction Copper extraction
- Textile production Silk textiles production inc throwing & weaving
Notes:
Charles Roe, 1715-81, was a leading industrialist from the mid 18th century. Started business in c1740s by opening important silk throwing mills at Macclesfield. By 1750 in partnership with Samuel Lankford, silk merchant, as Roe & Lankford. Later joined by John Robinson and William Stafford. Subsequently Roe withdrew from this business which became Lankford, Robinson & Stafford; it was bankrupt 1773. In 1750s Roe diversified into copper mining at Coniston in Cumbria and at Alderley Edge, Macclesfield, and later Mona Mine, Parys Mountain, Amlwch, Anglesey; into copper smelting at Macclesfield from 1758; and into brass and copper works near Congleton from 1763. Gave up silk interests in 1760s. Early on operated as Charles Roe & Copper Co and in 1774 as Macclesfield Copper Co. Also canal interests. On his death business carried forward by his son, William, 1747-1827Publications:
- A Georgian Gent. The life and times of Charles Roe & Co by Smith, Dorothy B
- 'Cartels and internalisation in the eighteenth century copper industry' in J Brown & M Rose (eds), Entrepreneurship, Networks and Modern Business by Read, Robert
- Charles Roe of Macclesfield, 1715-81. An eighteenth century industrialist. Part 1. 1715-66. Charles Roe and the silk manufacture by Chaloner, W H
- Charles Roe of Macclesfield, 1715-81. An eighteenth century industrialist. Part II. 1767-1811. Later history of the Macclesfield Copper Co by Chaloner, W H
- 'Copper Works' in C S Davies (ed), A History of Macclesfield by Davies, C Stella (ed)