Asking the following questions for a friend
Can anyone outline the various name changes that occured in the Milward operation over the years (eg Milward-Bartlett) with the approximate date of the change?
Was there any connection between Allcock and Milward or any of the other Redditch manufacturers?
TIA
Bill
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#2H.Milward & Son's Ltd. dates back to their needle making in the 1700's
THis was done at their manufactory at Washford Mills, Redditch.
Not much but that is what was in The Graham Turner Book; Fishing Tackle a collectors guide.
Jeff
THis was done at their manufactory at Washford Mills, Redditch.
Not much but that is what was in The Graham Turner Book; Fishing Tackle a collectors guide.
Jeff
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#3Stefan probably has researched this better than me but:
The company was created by Symon Milward who named it after his son Henry in the year of his birth in 1730. The firm progressed as needle makers during the 18th and 19th centuries so that, by the 1870s there were around 120 companies in the Redditch area listed in the needle and fish tackle trades., Henry Milward & Sons was one of the largest, and based at Washford Mill. (incidentally, the building is now a pub.)
Richard Harrison & Co was a needle and fish hook maker at the Metropolitan Works in Redditch, In 1875 the company became known as Harrison Bartleet working from the same premises.
There were a number of Bartleets in Redditch, and another branch, William Bartleet & Co were esablished in 1750 and operated from the Abbey Needle Mills.
In 1907, Harrison Bartleet were bought by Henry Millward & Sons, and moved to Washford Mill. Subsequently, during the early part of the 20th cenury, Milward-Bartleet also incorporated, often through marriages, William Bartleet & Sons, David Slater, Percy Wadham's Specialities, and Joseph Warner, John James and William Avery.
A few miles south in Studley, William Hall joined with Thomas Harper, William Thomas, H Wilkes and William Vale to become Amalgamated Needles and Fish Hooks. In the early 1930s Halls of Studley merged with Milwards of Redditch to become The English Needle and Fishing Company Limited (ENTACO), but various brand names from the separate companies were still used in different divisions. The main divisions became Needle Industries Ltd and Millward's Fishing Tackle Ltd.
The Fishing Tackle side of the business had started with hooks and went on to become a major manufacturer of lures. It also built rods, but reels ere bought in from other manufacturers such as Reuben Heaton of Birmingham and J W Young of Redditch, though there was no business connection with anyone until the business was bought by Farlow's in the 1950s (at around the same time it itself merged with Sharpe's).
The needle business was aquired by Coats Patons Ltd in 1973, but sold again in the 1990s, and restuctured into a new ENTACO www.entaco.com. Coats still sell Milward branded needles however.
I hope this answers some of the questions.
regards,
Doc
The company was created by Symon Milward who named it after his son Henry in the year of his birth in 1730. The firm progressed as needle makers during the 18th and 19th centuries so that, by the 1870s there were around 120 companies in the Redditch area listed in the needle and fish tackle trades., Henry Milward & Sons was one of the largest, and based at Washford Mill. (incidentally, the building is now a pub.)
Richard Harrison & Co was a needle and fish hook maker at the Metropolitan Works in Redditch, In 1875 the company became known as Harrison Bartleet working from the same premises.
There were a number of Bartleets in Redditch, and another branch, William Bartleet & Co were esablished in 1750 and operated from the Abbey Needle Mills.
In 1907, Harrison Bartleet were bought by Henry Millward & Sons, and moved to Washford Mill. Subsequently, during the early part of the 20th cenury, Milward-Bartleet also incorporated, often through marriages, William Bartleet & Sons, David Slater, Percy Wadham's Specialities, and Joseph Warner, John James and William Avery.
A few miles south in Studley, William Hall joined with Thomas Harper, William Thomas, H Wilkes and William Vale to become Amalgamated Needles and Fish Hooks. In the early 1930s Halls of Studley merged with Milwards of Redditch to become The English Needle and Fishing Company Limited (ENTACO), but various brand names from the separate companies were still used in different divisions. The main divisions became Needle Industries Ltd and Millward's Fishing Tackle Ltd.
The Fishing Tackle side of the business had started with hooks and went on to become a major manufacturer of lures. It also built rods, but reels ere bought in from other manufacturers such as Reuben Heaton of Birmingham and J W Young of Redditch, though there was no business connection with anyone until the business was bought by Farlow's in the 1950s (at around the same time it itself merged with Sharpe's).
The needle business was aquired by Coats Patons Ltd in 1973, but sold again in the 1990s, and restuctured into a new ENTACO www.entaco.com. Coats still sell Milward branded needles however.
I hope this answers some of the questions.
regards,
Doc
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#4Thanks very much Andy - this is very helpful
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