Hagues Cook & Wormald
Other Business Names:
- Hagues & Cook
- Hague, John
- Hague, Edward
- Cook, Thomas
- Cook, Thomas
- Wormalds & Walker
- Dewsbury Mills
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Dewsbury, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Textile production
Blankets, towels, household furnishings, etc, production
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Textile yarn, cloth, etc, distribution
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Textile production
Woollen & worsted textiles production inc spinning & weaving
Notes:
Traced origins to Hagues & Cook established in 1811 by John and Edward Hague and Thomas Cook, d1861, who had important banking interests, at Dewsbury Mills. Initially manufactured just woollen yards on a commission basis for nearby clothiers but also dealt in blankets and heavy cloths.1815 started heavy woollen cloth manufacture, in particular making blankets in which they became a world leader. Early on led by Thomas Cook who developed important direct sales into the USA market via Thomas Dixon & Co of New York. Major customers in early 19th century were British government departments, notably Navy Board and Board of Ordnance, and the USA market. Later known, inter alia, as Hagues Cook & Wormald and Wormalds & Walker. Incorporated 1893
Publications:
- Dewsbury Mills. A history of Messrs Wormalds & Walker Ltd, blanket manufacturers of Dewsbury; with an economic survey of the Yorkshire woollen cloth industry in the nineteenth century by Glover, Frederick J
- Government contracting, competition and growth in the heavy woollen industry by Glover, Frederick J
- Philadelphia merchants and the Yorkshire blanket trade, 1820-1860 by Glover, Frederick J
- Rise of the heavy woollen trade of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the nineteenth century by Glover, Frederick J
- Thomas Cook and the American blanket trade in the nineteenth century by Glover, Frederick J
- Yorkshire blanketmaker's diary by Glover, Frederick J
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Hagues & Cook
- Hague, John
- Hague, Edward
- Cook, Thomas
- Cook, Thomas
- Wormalds & Walker
- Dewsbury Mills
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Dewsbury, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Textile production Blankets, towels, household furnishings, etc, production
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Textile yarn, cloth, etc, distribution
- Textile production Woollen & worsted textiles production inc spinning & weaving
Notes:
Traced origins to Hagues & Cook established in 1811 by John and Edward Hague and Thomas Cook, d1861, who had important banking interests, at Dewsbury Mills. Initially manufactured just woollen yards on a commission basis for nearby clothiers but also dealt in blankets and heavy cloths.1815 started heavy woollen cloth manufacture, in particular making blankets in which they became a world leader. Early on led by Thomas Cook who developed important direct sales into the USA market via Thomas Dixon & Co of New York. Major customers in early 19th century were British government departments, notably Navy Board and Board of Ordnance, and the USA market. Later known, inter alia, as Hagues Cook & Wormald and Wormalds & Walker. Incorporated 1893Publications:
- Dewsbury Mills. A history of Messrs Wormalds & Walker Ltd, blanket manufacturers of Dewsbury; with an economic survey of the Yorkshire woollen cloth industry in the nineteenth century by Glover, Frederick J
- Government contracting, competition and growth in the heavy woollen industry by Glover, Frederick J
- Philadelphia merchants and the Yorkshire blanket trade, 1820-1860 by Glover, Frederick J
- Rise of the heavy woollen trade of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the nineteenth century by Glover, Frederick J
- Thomas Cook and the American blanket trade in the nineteenth century by Glover, Frederick J
- Yorkshire blanketmaker's diary by Glover, Frederick J