Priestleys Ltd. - Bradford, UK
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dtrebilc
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This blue plaque celebrates the company of Priestleys Ltd that occupied a textile warehouse in Little Germany.
Waymark Code: WMJC1M
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/27/2013
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During the industrial revolution Bradford became a major textile manufacturer and was known as the 'Wool capital of the world'. The area known as Little Germany got its name because a large number of German merchants spent large sums of money constructing imposing warehouses for the storage and sale of their goods.
It is one of the best preserved parts of Bradford City Centre and many fine building still exist in the area.
This building is an English Heritage Grade II Listed Building which states that it was designed by Eli Milnes.
The text on the plaque is as follows
Priestleys Ltd.
occupied these premises in 1901
and became known worldwide
for their dress fabrics.
The building was originally
constructed in 1867 for a
German Company.
Bradford City Heritage
In 2012 the mail order and online clothing retailer, Freeman Grattan Holdings, moved its UK head office into this building. In keeping with the history of the area the company is German owned.