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William Avery Redditch Heritage
W. Avery & Son factory
W. Avery & Son factory building which was sold to Heath's Springs in 1911/1913. Photograph
taken before 1980.
According to records at the Worcestershire Records Office, after Mr. William Avery died,
the building was sold by his sons around 1902 to John English & Sons, another needle
manufacturer from neighboring Feckingham, a town a few miles south of Headless Cross.
In turn, English sold the property to Heath’s Springs in 1913 which was also known as
Heath Spring & Notion Co. Ltd. According to Jo-Ann Gloger, Keeper of Collections at the
Forge Needle Museum in Redditch, records in the Forge Mill Collection indicate the Avery
needle factory was sold to H. Milward & Sons in 1899 and in 1902 John English merged
with Milward. Their records also indicate the factory was sold to Heath Springs in 1911. 55
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