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There were Bradfords in Wiltshire from at least the 16th century. [2] William Bradford, who was born in 1750 and lived at Thorney, married Ann Richards in 1782: she worked with her husband in running their business, which included coal merchants and quarries, until he died in 1806. [3]
Its engine in 1889 was a Benjamin Goodfellow 300 hp, upgraded in 1897 to 350 hp. The mill was extended twice in 1888 and 1911. Its Spindleage in 1915 was 42,000 mule, 11,000 ring, with machinery manufactured by Platts and Asa Lees. It was occupied by a builders and plumbers merchants for some time after it ceased production of cotton. [27]
In Nottingham Hargreaves made jennies for a man named Shipley, and on 12 June 1770, he was granted a patent, which provided the basis for legal action (later withdrawn) against the Lancashire manufacturers who had begun using it. With a partner, Thomas James, Hargreaves ran a small mill in Hockley and lived in an adjacent house. The business ...
The early advances in weaving had been halted by the lack of thread. The spinning process was slow and the weavers needed more cotton and wool thread than their families could produce. In the 1760s, James Hargreaves improved thread production when he invented the Spinning Jenny.
Christopher Aspin (1 February 1933 – 2 February 2024) was an English author, historian, and journalist. Among his published works are a biography of James Hargreaves, inventor of the spinning jenny, and The First Industrial Society: Social History of Lancashire, 1750–1850, a study of the social aspects of the Industrial Revolution. [1]
The company was established by William Chadwick as Chadwicks (Dublin) Ltd in 1902. [2] It subsequently became Concrete Products of Ireland. [3] It was the subject of an initial public offering in 1965 and building materials company Marley subsequently took a 51% stake. [3] Michael Chadwick bought out Marley and renamed the business Grafton ...
By 1888 it had been rebuilt using many of the original walls. It was at this stage that two extra storeys were added. The two reservoirs were filled in- it operated under steam. Then in October 1892, the mill was sold to Baxendale and Co., a firm of engineers and plumbers' merchants.
The eldest son of James Hargreave, woollen manufacturer, he was born at Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire, in December 1820.He was educated at Bramham, near Leeds, and at University College, London, and took the degree of LL.B. with honours in the university of London.