Leather industry

There was a small leather industry in the district.

Some of those involved included

William Bayes Boothtown Leather Works Scipio Brook Samuel Camm & Company Card clothing Marshall Charlesworth Clogs James Cooke Cordwainer Dean, Howarth & Company Richard & Joseph Emmett Edward Fairburn & Sons Francis Fleming Fleming, Birkby & Goodall Limited J. Fleming & Son Thomas Fleming, Son & Company Fletcher & Shaw Flying shuttle E. Gledhill & Sons Mary Gledhill & Son Amos Graham W. Grimes & Son W. Harrison John Hartley Heywood's

Hill & Heginbottom Kerr & Jubb James Lee & Sons John Lewthwaite Henry Oates John Henry Oates Walter Holroyd Oates Ormerod Tool Company Picker Richard Priestley Ramsden's (Halifax) Ryburn Leather Works, Sowerby Bridge Edwin Stansfield Wilson Taylor George Booth Thompson George Thompson & Sons Limited James Walton Waltons of Halifax Taylor Wheelhouse Mark Wilcock Sylvanus Reynolds Wilcock Thomas Wilson

In February 1879, there was a depression in the leather trade which led to many business failures locally and nationally

Page Ref: MML1654

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