Kidderminster Carpet Factory History

1870 king charles i granted the borough of kidderminster a charter in 1636.

Kidderminster carpet factory history. Since opening our doors in kidderminster in 1984 we have built a reputation for supplying quality carpets and flooring at competitive prices. Kidderminster was a small worcestershire town in the 18th and 19th centuries. The original charter can be viewed at kidderminster town hall. Book a free planning and estimating visit.

Established in 1963 kidderminster carpets is a family run firm serving all of the west midlands birmingham solihull warwickshire and worcestershire. It produced woollen cloth in the 17th century and developed as a location for carpet manufacturing in the 18th century. Brintons began manufacturing carpet in kidderminster in 1783 and there have been many notable milestones from pioneering the 80 wool 20 nylon blend to celebrating the queen s diamond 2017 brintons carpets ltd acquired by argand partners lp from the carlyle group. The factory was later extended in 1927 by the carpet manufacturing company which was formed after a merger between richard smith and sons and morton and sons.

William grosvenor built steam driven factory in green street kidderminster where the company still occupies in a listed building. The town s local government was reformed by the municipal reform act 1835 which incorporated kidderminster as a municipal borough. Museum collections archive and library. Our team of hand loom weavers demonstrate 10am 1pm while power loom demonstrations run at 12pm tuesdays wednesdays thursdays and saturdays and are subject to volunteer availability.

This was often used as a floor covering although it was thin and rather flimsy. The museum of carpet has lots for you to enjoy as you discover over 300 years of kidderminster s integral history. John broom and john pearsall developed a thicker cloth called kidderminster carpet which was still not very hard wearing. 1862 alfred stoddard an american took over the tapestry factory of ronalds at elderslie near glasgow to make carpets.

In the mid 17th century kidderminster was known for producing stuff a coarse thickly wove cloth.