John Crossley Carpets Ltd Halifax

He became apprenticed to his uncle john webster as a carpet weaver and then went to work for a mr william currer at luddenden.

John crossley carpets ltd halifax. John crossley 1772 1837 was a carpet weaver in halifax yorkshire. He was promoted to mill manager. Of dean clough mills halifax 1969 company formed by the merger of john crossley carpet trades holdings ltd and the carpet manufacturing co ltd and the consolidation of their interests in kosset carpets ltd. John crossley c 1772 1837 the founder of the family firm was the fifth of 8 children of john crossley 1741 1820 a carpet weaver of halifax and his wife bethia 1739 1788.

John crossley founder of crossleys carpets was born in 1772. John crossley 16 may 1812 16 april 1879 was a liberal party politician in the united kingdom. Member of the british parliamentfor halifax west yorkshire personal details born october 26 1817halifax died january 5 1872 aged 54 bellevue hopwood lane halifax sir francis crossley 1st baronet of halifax halifax 26 october 1817 5 january 1872 known to his contemporaries as frank crossley was a british carpet manufacturer philanthropist and liberal party politician. He served from 1874 to 1877 as mp for halifax in west yorkshire.

John crossley sons was the largest carpet manufacturer in the world throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Since 1803 john crossley and sons have been producing the highest quality historically accurate fine brussels and wilton carpets now in its ninth generation we continue as a family run business operating the original looms at. By 1879 john crossley and sons was the largest carpet manufacturing firm in the world thanks mainly to their pioneering use and development of steam powered looms and the fact that all processes from raw materials to finished. Based at halifax in yorkshire it declined as cheaper imports arrived from overseas and the factory closed in 1982.

About 1800 he became manager of. John crossley sons ltd carpet manufacturers halifax this page summarises records created by this business the summary includes a brief description of the collection s usually including the covering dates of the collection the name of the archive where they are held and reference information to help you find the collection. It consisted of 2.