T. Wildman & Sons

T. Wildman & Sons
Company typeBobbin maker
IndustryWeaving
Founded1859 (1859)
Defunct1973 (1973)
Headquarters
Copy Lane, Caton with Littledale, Lancashire
,
England

T. Wildman & Sons were an English company and specialists in the manufacture of bobbins for the textile industry. They manufactured a variety of shielded ring bobbins (twist and weft), tubes and pirns. The firm was established in 1859.[1]

In 1872, Mr Thomas Wildman purchased Willow Mill, located at Copy Lane, Caton with Littledale, Lancashire, and the manufacturing was moved there.[2]

With the decline of the textile industry, the mill moved to the manufacture of brushes, which was continued until the close of the mill in 1973. A part of the contents of the mill was donated to Lancashire County Council Museum Service.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Lancashire County Council Accession number LANMS.1973.49
  2. ^ J.W.A Price/ I. Trippier. The Willow Mill, Caton.
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