Ovenden Worsted Company Limited

This material is held atWest Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale

  • Reference
    • GB 203 CC01520/11
  • Former Reference
    • GB 203 DC:1790-2226
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1803-1907
  • Physical Description
    • 320 boxes

Scope and Content

From about 1865, John Crossley and Sons owned worsted spinning mills at Holmfield and Shay Lane, Ovenden, trading there under the title of the Ovenden Worsted Company from 1871. The directors in 1871 were John, Francis, Edward and Louis John Crossley, John Lewis, Benjamin Musgrave and James Booth

Geographical Names

OVENDEN
HOLMFIELD