Wire Making



Wire making began in the Calder valley in the late 18th century to produce wire for the cards which were used in the textile industry for yarn preparation.

Much of the local trade originated in Clifton. It has been suggested that wire-making was taken to America by men from Clifton.

Some local links to wire making:



Bates & Nortcliffe
Bethel Rhodes & Son
J. & A. Binns Limited
T. & J. Binns & Company
John F. Brearley
Ralph Brearley
Samuell Brooke

Carrington Binns

Darblin' 'Oil, Clifton
Arthur Dixon & Company Limited

Edward Fairburn & Sons

Healey & Healey
George Healey & Sons
Hipprum Wires Limited
Hirst Brothers & Son Limited

Leopold Wire Works, Brighouse
J. W. Lister Limited
London Electric Wire & Smiths Limited
Lower Jack Royd Mill, Ovenden

Mytholme Mill, Hipperholme

The Northern Electric Wire Company

George Patchett
George Patchett & Sons
Solomon & Frederick Pitchforth

Ramsden, Camm & Company Limited
Redfearn & Bedford



Redfearn Wire Products
John Rigby & Sons
Robin Hood Wire Works, Brighouse
James Royston, Son & Company
Aquila Royston
R. Royston

Sedburgh Wire Mill, Halifax
Sharp & Brown
 John Shaw & Sons Limited
 John Shaw & Sons
Shropshire Iron Company
Siddall & Hilton Limited
Frederick Smith & Company
Standard Wire Company
Steel Card Wire Association
William B. Swift Limited

Thompson & Hudson Limited
Thompson & Munroe Limited
John Thornton
Town Woodhouse Limited

Victoria Wire Works, Brighouse

Stuart Whitehead & Company
 John Whiteley & Sons
Wire drawing
Wireform
Joseph Womersley
William Wood
John Wood & Sons
John Woodhead
James Woods & Brothers
 



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