Finch Brothers
Other Business Names:
- Finch Foundry
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Sticklepath, Devon, Devon, South West, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Hand inc edge tool production
Notes:
Established 1814 by Finch family. Made hand/edge tools such as billhooks, scythes and shovels for agriculture and mining. Given up by Finch family in 1960 and closed 1966. Subsequently works acquired by National Trust
Publications:
- Finch Brothers' Foundry, Sticklepath, Okehampton, Devon by Major, J Kenneth
- Finch Foundry by Leighton, Sophie, & Roger Boney
- Finch Foundry, Devon by Richardson, Isabel, & Martin Watts
- Finch Foundry Trust and Sticklepath Museum of Rural Industry by Barron, R A
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Finch Foundry
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Sticklepath, Devon, Devon, South West, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Hand inc edge tool production
Notes:
Established 1814 by Finch family. Made hand/edge tools such as billhooks, scythes and shovels for agriculture and mining. Given up by Finch family in 1960 and closed 1966. Subsequently works acquired by National TrustPublications:
- Finch Brothers' Foundry, Sticklepath, Okehampton, Devon by Major, J Kenneth
- Finch Foundry by Leighton, Sophie, & Roger Boney
- Finch Foundry, Devon by Richardson, Isabel, & Martin Watts
- Finch Foundry Trust and Sticklepath Museum of Rural Industry by Barron, R A