Holroyd, Joseph
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Belgium
- Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
- Soyland, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Textile yarn, cloth, etc, distribution
Notes:
Joseph Holroyd was a prosperous cloth factor originating from Sowerby but who lived in Flanders in at least 1760s. Bought cloth in Halifax as requested by his London and Continental customers. Annual turnover in early 18th century thought to be £30,000
Publications:
- 'Joseph Holroyd, cloth factor, of Sowerby, Halifax' in F Atkinson (ed), Some Aspects of the Eighteenth Century Woollen and Worsted Trade in Halifax by Atkinson, Frank (ed)
- Letter Books of Joseph Holroyd (cloth factor) and Samuel Hill (clothier). Documents illustrating the organisation of the Yorkshire textile industry in the early 18th century by Heaton, Herbert (ed)
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Belgium
- Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
- Soyland, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Textile yarn, cloth, etc, distribution
Notes:
Joseph Holroyd was a prosperous cloth factor originating from Sowerby but who lived in Flanders in at least 1760s. Bought cloth in Halifax as requested by his London and Continental customers. Annual turnover in early 18th century thought to be £30,000Publications:
- 'Joseph Holroyd, cloth factor, of Sowerby, Halifax' in F Atkinson (ed), Some Aspects of the Eighteenth Century Woollen and Worsted Trade in Halifax by Atkinson, Frank (ed)
- Letter Books of Joseph Holroyd (cloth factor) and Samuel Hill (clothier). Documents illustrating the organisation of the Yorkshire textile industry in the early 18th century by Heaton, Herbert (ed)