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Fielden Brothers

Other Business Names:

  • Fielden, Joshua
  • Fielden, Thomas
  • Fielden, Joihn

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

  • Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England
  • London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
  • Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
  • New York NY, United States
  • Todmorden, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England

Sectors:

  • Textile production Cotton textiles production inc spinning & weaving
  • Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Textile yarn, cloth, etc, distribution

Notes:

Traced origins to Joshua Fielden, 1748-1811, a clothier at Todmorden. Under his sons, Joshua and Thomas, developed into a leading cotton textile business with mills at Todmorden and merchanting interests at Manchester, Liverpool, London and New York. Known as Fielden Brothers. Subsequently inherited by their sons but in decline by late 19th century. Fielden family important activists in reform of working conditions, especially John Fielden, 1784-1849 and Joshua Fielden, 1827-87. Continued into 1960s

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