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Burney, Thomas, & Sons Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Burney, William
  • West Riding Worsted & Woollen Mills Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Cleckheaton, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
  • Gomersal, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England

Sectors:

  • Textile production Woollen & worsted textiles production inc spinning & weaving

Notes:

Traced origins to 1752 when established by William Burney. Early on referred to as woolcombers, worsted spinners and dyers. Sometime also had a mill at Cleckheaton. Subsequently part of West Riding Worsted & Woollen Mills Ltd

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