Akroyd, James, & Son Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Akroyd, James
- Akroyd, Jonathan
- Akroyd, Edward
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Textile production
Woollen & worsted textiles production inc spinning & weaving
Notes:
Traced origins to James Akroyd, 1753-1830, a successful yeoman clothier who established a worsted mill in 1805. His brother was Jonathan with whom he may have been in partnership until 1782. Business inherited by his son, Jonathan, b1782, who was principle from 1830, and built by him into a leading worsted textile manufacturer. From 1847 Edward Akroyd, 1810-87, developed it into possibly the largest worsted business in the world at the same time building a noted model village for his workers. Incorporated 1871. In decline from 1890s. 1893 many assets sold to Thomas Hoyle & Son Ltd. Edward Akroyd was also noted as a philanthropist and founder of the Yorkshire Penny Bank
Publications:
- Colonel Edward Akroyd by Bretton, R E
- 'Copley, Akroydon and West Hill. Moral reform and social improvement in Halifax' in J A Jowitt (ed), Model Industrial Communities in Mid Nineteenth Century Yorkshire by Jowitt, J A
- Day at the Yorkshire worsted factories by Unknown
- Edward Akroyd, 1810-1887. Also a brief history of James Akroyd & Son by Webster, Eric
- 'Gothic aesthetics of Akroydon' in S Binns, The Aesthetics of Utopia. Saltaire, Akroydon and Bedford Park by Binns, Shelia
- History of James Akroyd & Son Ltd by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Akroyd, James
- Akroyd, Jonathan
- Akroyd, Edward
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Textile production Woollen & worsted textiles production inc spinning & weaving
Notes:
Traced origins to James Akroyd, 1753-1830, a successful yeoman clothier who established a worsted mill in 1805. His brother was Jonathan with whom he may have been in partnership until 1782. Business inherited by his son, Jonathan, b1782, who was principle from 1830, and built by him into a leading worsted textile manufacturer. From 1847 Edward Akroyd, 1810-87, developed it into possibly the largest worsted business in the world at the same time building a noted model village for his workers. Incorporated 1871. In decline from 1890s. 1893 many assets sold to Thomas Hoyle & Son Ltd. Edward Akroyd was also noted as a philanthropist and founder of the Yorkshire Penny BankPublications:
- Colonel Edward Akroyd by Bretton, R E
- 'Copley, Akroydon and West Hill. Moral reform and social improvement in Halifax' in J A Jowitt (ed), Model Industrial Communities in Mid Nineteenth Century Yorkshire by Jowitt, J A
- Day at the Yorkshire worsted factories by Unknown
- Edward Akroyd, 1810-1887. Also a brief history of James Akroyd & Son by Webster, Eric
- 'Gothic aesthetics of Akroydon' in S Binns, The Aesthetics of Utopia. Saltaire, Akroydon and Bedford Park by Binns, Shelia
- History of James Akroyd & Son Ltd by Unknown