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Apperly, Curtis and Co

From Graces Guide
1893.
1910. (Spelt Apperley)

Apperly, Curtis and Co of Dudbridge Mills, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Woollen Cloth Manufacturers.

1794 Established by John Apperly. See David Apperly and his son Sir Alfred Apperly

1837 Succeeded by his sons James Apperly and David Apperly.

1856 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, James Apperly and David Apperly, as Cloth Manufacturers, at Dudbridge Mills, near Stroud, in the county of Gloucester, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent.'[1]

1872 Continued as Alfred Apperly & Co.

1895 Limited company formed. Directors are: A. Apperly, C. Curtis, E. Apperly, C. Apperly and W. Clissold.[2]

1910 'In 1794 the firm of Apperley, Curtis and Co., was founded: and now such has been its continued success that recently it celebrated the erection and opening of extensive new mills'[3]

1914 Woollen Cloth Manufacturers, Dudbridge Mills, Stroud, Glos. Established: The Apperly family has been engaged in the West of England Cloth industry for over 300 years. The present business was founded in 1794 by John Apperly (grandfather of the present Chairman). Succeeded in 1837 by James Apperly and David Apperly (sons), uncle and father of the present Chairman. Continued as Alfred Apperly & Co., in 1872. Incorporated as a Limited Company in 1895. Directors: Sir Alfred Apperly, J.P. (Chairman), Charles A. Apperly, J.P. (Managing Director), Arthur L. Apperly and George Potts. One of the oldest firms in the trade.

1926 Apperley Curtis Co., Ltd., woollen cloth manufacturers, of Dudbridge. close down for a week, affecting about 170 employees.[4]

1933 Plant Sale. '... in an action Re APPERLY CURTIS & COMPANY Limited, CURTIS v. THE COMPANY, 1931, A. No. 1122, with the approbation of Mr. Justice Eve, the freehold :and leasehold land and the plant, machinery, stock-in-trade, goodwill and undertaking of Apperly Curtis & Company Limited, Woollen and Worsted Cloth Manufacturers, situate at Dudbridge, Stroud, Gloucester, in one lot as a going concern comprising all the undermentioned sections...[much more]'[5][6]

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Sources of Information

  1. The London Gazette Publication date:8 August 1856 Issue:21911 Page:2765
  2. Gloucester Citizen - Friday 27 December 1895
  3. Reading Observer - Thursday 17 November 1910
  4. Gloucester Citizen - Thursday 06 May 1926
  5. The London Gazette Publication date:11 August 1933 Issue:33968 Page:5380
  6. Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser - Saturday 02 September 1933