Heathcoat, John, & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Felkin, William
- Lowman Manufacturing Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- France
- Loughborough, Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England
- Tiverton, Devon, Devon, South West, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
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Textile production
Industrial textiles production inc insulation, lagging & tyre cord
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Textile production
Lace production
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Mechanical engineering
Textile & wearing apparel making machinery production
Notes:
Traces origins to John Heathcoat, 1783-1861, a net/lace manufacturer who made revolutionary improvements to net/lace making machinery and derived income from its licencing. Established lace/net works at Loughborough which he moved to Tiverton, Devon, when attacked by Luddites in 1816. At Tiverton acquired a cotton mill and started lace and net production. Opened another works near Paris in 1818. From 1820s William Felkin acted as his agent in Nottingham. Alongside textiles, an agricultural machinery business was developed and spun off in 1970 into Lowman Manufacturing Ltd. In 1830s developed a crawler tractor for ploughing heavy land.1913 introduced an employee co-partnership scheme. 1923 registered as an unlimited company. Limited company 1948 and public company 1952. In early 19th century developed at Tiverton substantial housing for his workers. Continues as a manufacturer of high technology textiles
Publications:
- Co-partnership Re-examined by Wallace, William
- Heathcoat's industrial housing in Tiverton, Devon by Brayshay, Mark
- History of the Machine Wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufactures; ... introduced by an essay on the life and work of William Felkin by Stanley D Chapman by Felkin, William
- John Heathcoat, 1783-1861, founder of the machine made lace industry by Varley, D E
- John Heathcoat and His Heritage by Allen, Walter G
- John Heathcoat and the first crawler tractor by Warren, Miles
- The Loughborough Job. The incident at Heathcoat's Mill by Hornsby, Malcolm
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Felkin, William
- Lowman Manufacturing Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- France
- Loughborough, Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England
- Tiverton, Devon, Devon, South West, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
- Textile production Industrial textiles production inc insulation, lagging & tyre cord
- Textile production Lace production
- Mechanical engineering Textile & wearing apparel making machinery production
Notes:
Traces origins to John Heathcoat, 1783-1861, a net/lace manufacturer who made revolutionary improvements to net/lace making machinery and derived income from its licencing. Established lace/net works at Loughborough which he moved to Tiverton, Devon, when attacked by Luddites in 1816. At Tiverton acquired a cotton mill and started lace and net production. Opened another works near Paris in 1818. From 1820s William Felkin acted as his agent in Nottingham. Alongside textiles, an agricultural machinery business was developed and spun off in 1970 into Lowman Manufacturing Ltd. In 1830s developed a crawler tractor for ploughing heavy land.1913 introduced an employee co-partnership scheme. 1923 registered as an unlimited company. Limited company 1948 and public company 1952. In early 19th century developed at Tiverton substantial housing for his workers. Continues as a manufacturer of high technology textilesPublications:
- Co-partnership Re-examined by Wallace, William
- Heathcoat's industrial housing in Tiverton, Devon by Brayshay, Mark
- History of the Machine Wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufactures; ... introduced by an essay on the life and work of William Felkin by Stanley D Chapman by Felkin, William
- John Heathcoat, 1783-1861, founder of the machine made lace industry by Varley, D E
- John Heathcoat and His Heritage by Allen, Walter G
- John Heathcoat and the first crawler tractor by Warren, Miles
- The Loughborough Job. The incident at Heathcoat's Mill by Hornsby, Malcolm