Private company
Battersby Hats
Hat manufacturer in Stockport, England
Battersby Hats was the trading name of Battersby & Co, a hat manufacturer of Stockport, England. The firm once had a capacity of 12,000 hats per week but it declined in the second half of the twentieth century and merged with other hat manufacturers in 1966 before hat production ceased altogether in 1997.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Battersby Hats was the trading name of Battersby & Co, a hat manufacturer of Stockport, England. The firm once had a capacity of 12,000 hats per week but it declined in the second half of the twentieth century and merged with other hat manufacturers in 1966 before hat production ceased altogether in 1997.2
Timeline
- 1895Founded Founded1
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- 1WikidataBattersby Hats on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBattersby Hats on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsBattersby Hats photo by Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0