Lister & Co Ltd

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Traced origins to the worsted mill opened in 1838 by John and Samuel Cunliffe Lister. From 1860s diversified into silk production after S C Lister, later Lord Masham, developed a machine for converting silk waste. Manningham Mills destroyed by fire and rebuilt from early 1870s on a huge scale to become the largest textile works in Yorkshire. Incorporated as a public company 1889. Noted for [failed] 19 week strike by workforce in 1890-91, well known in labour history and in the longer term giving rise to the Independent Labour Party. In decline after 1918 and business finally closed c1990