Langton family
Other Business Names:
- Langton Shepherd & Birley
- Langton Birley & Co
- Langton, Thomas
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Kirkham, Lancashire, Lancashire, North West, England
Sectors:
-
Textile production
Canvas, etc, production inc ship sails, tents, sacks, etc
-
Merchanting & trade, international & inland
Linen cloth trading & trade
-
Textile production
Linen/flax textiles production inc spinning & weaving
-
Merchanting & trade, international & inland
Raw flax & hemp trading & trade
Notes:
18th century merchanting house known variously as Langton Shepherd & Birley and Langton Birley & Co. Specialised in flax and hemp which was imported with other commodities from the Baltic. Sold canvas, twine and other goods to North America. Won sail cloth contracts from Admiralty. A small firm known on an account of the survival of the letters, 1771-88, of Thomas Langton, 1724-94
Publications:
- A Provincial Merchant Family of the Late Eighteenth Century. A case study of the Langtons of Kirkham by Wilkinson, Joan
- Flax Merchants of Kirkham by Singleton, Francis J
- Letters of Thomas Langton, Flax Merchant of Kirkham, 1771-1788 by Wilkinson, Joan, (ed)
- 'Linen merchant-manufacturers of Kirkham in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries' in E Roberts (ed), A History of Linen in the North West by Wilkinson, Joan
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Langton Shepherd & Birley
- Langton Birley & Co
- Langton, Thomas
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Kirkham, Lancashire, Lancashire, North West, England
Sectors:
- Textile production Canvas, etc, production inc ship sails, tents, sacks, etc
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland Linen cloth trading & trade
- Textile production Linen/flax textiles production inc spinning & weaving
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland Raw flax & hemp trading & trade
Notes:
18th century merchanting house known variously as Langton Shepherd & Birley and Langton Birley & Co. Specialised in flax and hemp which was imported with other commodities from the Baltic. Sold canvas, twine and other goods to North America. Won sail cloth contracts from Admiralty. A small firm known on an account of the survival of the letters, 1771-88, of Thomas Langton, 1724-94Publications:
- A Provincial Merchant Family of the Late Eighteenth Century. A case study of the Langtons of Kirkham by Wilkinson, Joan
- Flax Merchants of Kirkham by Singleton, Francis J
- Letters of Thomas Langton, Flax Merchant of Kirkham, 1771-1788 by Wilkinson, Joan, (ed)
- 'Linen merchant-manufacturers of Kirkham in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries' in E Roberts (ed), A History of Linen in the North West by Wilkinson, Joan