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Living Linen Index of Firms

This list includes all the firms and organisations about which information has been recorded by the Living Linen Project.

Linen Firms

David Acheson, Ltd., Castlecaulfield

Achesons, Ltd., Portadown

William Adams & Co., Ltd., Belfast

James Anderson & Co., Ltd., Banbridge

Jeremiah Ambler, Ltd. Ballyclare

John Andrews & Co., Ltd., Comber

W.F.B.Baird & Co., Ltd., Lurgan

Ballievey Bleaching Co. Ltd., Banbridge

Banford Bleach Works Ltd., Gilford

Belfast Collar Co., Ltd, Belfast

Belfast Ropework Co., Ltd., Belfast

Belfast Silk & Rayon Co., Ltd., Belfast

Belfast Swiss Embroidery Co. Ltd., Belfast

Bessbrook Spinning Co., Ltd. /Richardson Sons & Owden Ltd.
(Bessbrook, Newry; Craigmore Factory, Bessbrook; Lurgan Lake Factory, Lurgan;
Warehouse, Belfast; Glenmore, Lambeg)

Blackers Mill, Ltd., Portadown
Ken McElwaine - LL2 R00/64

Blackstaff Flax Spinning & Weaving Co.,Ltd.
(Blackstaff, Belfast; Lurgan Weaving Co., Lurgan; London office;

C Blane & Sons Ltd., Lurgan

British Enkalon, Ltd., Antrim

Broadway Badge Manufacturing Co., Belfast

Broadway Damask Co., Ltd., Belfast

Brookfield Spinning Co., Ltd., Belfast

R.R.Brown

Brownlow Textiles, Lurgan

John S. Brown & Sons, Ltd., Belfast

Henry Campbell & Co., Ltd., Mossley

B Capper & Co., Ltd., Belfast

J. & W. Charley & Co., Ltd., Dunmurry

John A. Clark & Co., Ltd., Castledawson

Wm. Clark & Sons, Ltd., Upperlands

R.F.Clarke, Belfast

A. Clendinning & Co., Ltd.

Coalisland Weaving Co., Ltd., Coalisland

Cogry Spinning Co., Ltd., Ballyclare

Combe Barbour & Co., Ltd.

John Compton, Ltd., Glenanne

Wm. Coulson & Sons, Ltd., Lisburn

Courtaulds, Ltd., Belfast

Anthony Cowdy & Sons, Banbridge and Loughgall

Crepe Weavers Ltd., Newtownards

James Davey & Co., Belfast

A N Dennison, Donaghadee

Devonshire Hemstitching Co., Ltd., Belfast

Francis Dinsmore Ltd., Kells

Dixons & Co. (Dungannon), Ltd.

Doagh Flax Spinning Co, Ltd.
(Doagh; Mayo Street, Belfast; Ballysillan, Belfast; Mallory, Castlereagh Road, Belfast)

Co. Down Weaving Co., Ltd., Belfast

Dromona & Maine Ltd., Cullybackey

Durham Street Weaving Co., Belfast

Edenderry Spinning Co., Ltd., Belfast

John England Textiles, Belfast

John Erskine, Ltd., Whitehouse

William Ewart & Son Ltd.
(Crumlin Road, Belfast; Mountain Mill, Belfast; Bedford Street, Belfast; Glenbank, Belfast; .Hicks Bullick & Co., Ltd., Belfast ; Tavanagh, Portadown; Ewart/Liddell, Donacloney)

Falls Flax Spinning Co.,Ltd. & Irish Linen Mills Ltd., Belfast

Thomas Ferguson & Co. Ltd., Banbridge

Flaxall, Ballyclare

William Franklin & Son (NI) Ltd., Banbridge

Frazer & Haughton, Ltd., Cullybackey

Charles Gallen & Co., Ltd., Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

Glendinning McLeish & Co., Ltd., Belfast

Greenmount & Boyne Linen Co., Ltd., Drogheda, Co. Louth

J & TM Greeves Ltd., Belfast

Edward Gribbon & Sons, Ltd., Coleraine

Grove Weaving Co., Ltd., Belfast

John Gunning & Son Ltd., Cookstown

John Hanna Ltd., Kildrum

Hale Martin & Co., Ltd., Balnamore, Ballymoney

Hamilton McBride Ltd., Dromore

Hazelbank Weaving Co., Ltd., Laurencetown

W D Hazelton & Co., Belfast

John Henning & Son, Ltd., Waringstown

Herdmans, Ltd., Sion Mills

Hillsborough Linen Co., Ltd., Hillsborough

Hillside Textiles, Belfast

John Hogg & Co., Ltd., Belfast

Horseshoe Weaving Co, Larne

Inver Factory Ltd., Inver, Larne

Irish Tapestry Co., Ltd., Newtownards

Islandreagh Dyeing & Finishing Co.

The Island Spinning Co., Ltd., Lisburn

W J Jenkins & Co. (Belfast) Ltd., Belfast

Philip Johnston & Son, Ltd., (Jennymount), Belfast / John Barbour & Co., Ltd., Whitehouse

Johnston Allen & Co., Ltd., Lurgan

W. Sibbald Johnston, Ltd., (Kiltonga), Newtownards

Joymount Dyeworks, Ltd., Larne (Sunatober)

Kilwee Bleaching Co., Ltd., Dunmurry

Kinnaird Textiles

William M. Kirk & Co., Ltd., Darkley

Kirkpatrick Bros., Ltd., Ballyclare

Lambeg Bleaching & Dying Co., Ltd., Lambeg

Lambeg Weaving Co., Ltd., Lambeg

Samuel Lamont & Sons, Ltd.
( Lamont, Belfast; Phoenix Weaving Co., Ltd., Ballymena; G H Bellis & Co., Ltd., Ballymena; Riverside Print, Antrim; Braid River, factory, Ballymena)

Larne Weaving Co., Larne

Leacock & Co., London

William Liddell & Co., Ltd., Donacloney

Lindsay Bros., Ltd., Belfast

Linen Thread Co., Ltd.
(Bedford St., Belfast; Wm. Barbour & Sons, Ltd., Hilden, Lisburn; F.W.Hayes & Co., Ltd., Benburb; Dunbar McMaster & Co., Ltd., Gilford; Prospect Mill, Crumlin Road, Belfast; Robert Stewart & Sons, Ltd., Lisburn;
Glasgow/Scotland/London.)

Lintrend Textiles (N.I.) Ltd., Inver

Lurgan Linen Co., Lurgan

H. J. McBride & Son, Ltd., Hyde Park, Mallusk

Robert McBride & Co., Ltd., Belfast

McBride & Williams Ltd., Belfast

McCaw Allan & Co., Ltd., Lurgan

McCleery L'Amie
(Wm Ross, Belfast and Hollybank; Saintfield Yarns, Saintfield)

Samuel McCrudden & Co., Ltd., Belfast

McCrum, Watson & Mercer Ltd., Milfort

R & H McKean Ltd., Benburb

McKeown & Co., Belfast

McKinney & Co., Belfast

James Mackie & Sons, Ltd., Belfast

Mallusk Bleaching & Finishing Co., Ltd., Mallusk

Marks & Hinds Ltd., Belfast

Henry Matier & Co., Ltd., Belfast

Milliken White, Belfast

Milling McCance, Belfast

Milltown Bleaching Co., Ltd., Lurgan

Monsanto Ltd., Coleraine

Mourne Linen Co., Ltd., Lurgan

Moygashel Ltd., Dungannon
(Moygashel; Smyth's Weaving Co. Brookfield, Banbridge; Braidwater Mill, Ballymena;
Lisburn Factory Ltd., Lisburn; Stevenson & Son, Ltd., Dungannon)

Murphy & Stevenson Ltd., Dromore

Richard Nelson & Co., Belfast

New Northern Spinning & Weaving Co., Ltd., Belfast

Old Bleach Linen Co., Ltd., Randalstown:

Joseph Orr & Sons (Cranagill), Ltd., Loughgall

Portadown Weaving Co., Ltd., Portadown

John Preston & Co. (Belfast) Ltd., Belfast

Ravernette Weaving Co., Ltd., Ravarnet

T D Reid Braids Ltd., Tandragee

Richardson Bros. & Larmor Ltd., Belfast

Riverside Textiles Ltd., Antrim

Hamilton Robb & Co., Ltd., Portadown

Rosebank Weaving Co., Ltd., Belfast

Ross Brothers, Bloomfield, Belfast

Wm. Ross & Co., Ltd. /Hamilton McCleery & Co., Ltd., Belfast

Seawright Douglas & Co., Ltd., Lurgan

Thomas Sinton & Co., Ltd., Tandragee

Smyth's Irish Linens, Belfast (May Street Linen Co.)

Thomas Somerset & Co., Ltd., Belfast

Spence Bryson & Co., Ltd., Belfast
(Great Victoria Street, Belfast; Portadown, (Clonavon); Markethill; Loopbridge Weaving Co., Ltd., Belfast
Northern Ireland Spinners, Killinchy; James Crosbie & Sons, Ltd., Belfast; Whitehouse Fibre Dyeing Co., Newtownabbey; Derriaghy (Carpet Spinning); Carpet Weaving (Bangor))

Sperrin Textiles, Co. Londonderry

Springfield Dyeing & Finishing Co., Ltd., Belfast

Springvale Bleach Works Ltd., Doagh

Robert Stewart & Sons, Ltd., Lisburn

Strand Spinning Co., Ltd., Belfast

Robert Stewart & Son Ltd.

Suffolk Linen Co., Dunmurry

Henry Taylor & Sons Ltd., Belfast

James Titterington & Sons Ltd., Belfast

W.J.Turtle, Mulavilla, Tandragee

Ulster Print Works Ltd., Newtownards

Ulster Spinning Co., Ltd., Belfast

Ulster Weaving Co., Ltd.
(Ulster Weaving, Belfast; Killyleagh Flax Spinning Co., Ltd., Killyleagh; Hursts, Ltd., Drumaness; James Murland, Ltd., Castlewellan; London Office, London)

R. Uprichard & Co., Lurgan

J. T. & H. Uprichard, Gilford

Valley Dyeworks, Ltd., Rostrevor

Victoria Weaving & Finishing Co., Ltd., (Whiteabbey Weaving Co.Ltd.) Belfast

William Walker & Co., Ltd., Banbridge (Robinson & Cleaver Ltd., Belfast)

George Walker & Co., Ltd., Newtownards

Webb & Co., Ltd., Newtownards

Welbrook Beetling Mill, Cookstown

Whiteabbey Bleaching Co., Ltd., Whiteabbey

Whitehouse Spinning Co., Ltd., Whitehouse

A. Wigglesworth & Co., Belfast

Wolfhill Spinning Co., Ltd., Belfast

York Street Flax Spinning Co., Ltd., Belfast
(York Street, Belfast; Brookfield Mill, Belfast; Lurgan Thread Works, Lurgan; London office, London;
Muckamore)

Other firms, organisations and related interests.

Amalgamated Transport & General Workers Union
(Lurgan; Banbridge)

Flax farming and scutching:

Harrods Ltd., London

Municipal College of Technology, Belfast

Linen Institute Research Association (LIRA), Lambeg

Belfast Textile Testing House, Belfast

Northern Ireland Textile & Apparel Association (NITAA), Belfast

Government Quality Control, Belfast

Clothing Board, Belfast

Textile Training Board, Belfast

Chemical Supply Trade
(Charles Tennant & Co., Belfast; James A. Beck; Alfred Cotter)

Fashion Design, Belfast, London & Dublin
(Paul Costello; John Rocha)

Boxmakers, Belfast

Elm Park Preparatory School, Co.Armagh

 

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