Grace's Guide To British Industrial History
Registered UK Charity (No. 1154342)Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains167,818 pages of information and247,161 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains147,919 pages of information and233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
of Atherton, Lancs
1929 Public Company formed asCombined Egyptian Mills.[1]
1953 Name changed toCombined English Mills.[2]
1956 Closed theRumworth Spinning Co.[3]
1958Branches of the group included:
- Alder Spinning Co
- Bayley Mill Co
- Bedford and Mill Lane Spinning Co
- Brooklands Mill Co
- Cowling Spinning Co
- Denvale Spinning Co
- Gorse Mill Co
- Hall Lane Mill, Leigh
- John Harwood and Son
- Sir John Holden and Sons
- Howe Bridge Cotton Spinning Co
- Hyde Spinning Co
- Kearsley Spinning Co
- Laburnum Spinning Co
- Mather Lane Spinning Co
- Pear New Mill Co
- Persian Mill Co
- Sparth Mills Co
- Tunnicliffe and Hampson
- Warwick Mill Co
- Walkden Spinning Co
1959 ClosedMather Lane Mill.[4]
1959 Acquired refrigeration engineersF. W. Fidler and Son.[5]
1961 Engaged as spinners of fine cotton yarn and synthetic yarns also refrigerating and air conditioning engineers.[6]
1964 Acquired byViyella.