| Company Name |
Trade |
Parish |
Established |
| Afflick, James |
former innkeeper |
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Ashford & Campion |
heel makers |
Higham Ferrers |
1898
|
| Baker, Jn |
grocer & draper (bankrupt) |
Raunds |
-
|
| Battersby, G W |
grocer |
Rushden & Higham Ferrers |
1899
|
| Borough Shoes |
shoe manufacturers |
Higham Ferrers |
c1945
|
| Bozeat Co-op |
branch of Provident Soc. |
Bozeat |
-
|
| Brazier, Frank D |
coach and motor builder |
Higham Ferrers |
1851
|
| Braybrook, E W |
hauliers |
Higham Ferrers |
|
| Brown, Wm |
dairy & farm |
Higham Ferrers |
c1900
|
| Brown & Stokes Bros. Ltd. |
builders |
Higham Ferrers |
1946
|
| Cave, W H & Son |
carpenter |
Bozeat |
1909
|
| Chamberlain, W W |
shoe manufacturers |
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Chambers, James & Son Ltd |
heel makers |
Raunds |
1884
|
| Colemans |
stationery, crafts |
Rushden/Higham Ferrers |
1953 - 2022
|
| Co-operative Society |
stores |
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Co-op Productive Society |
shoe manufacturers |
Higham Ferrers |
1891
|
| Co-op Fashion Boutique |
fashion |
Higham Ferrers |
1968
|
| Cross, Colin |
|
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Denton, George J J |
shoe manufacturer |
Wollaston |
-
|
| Drage, Henry |
shoe manufacturer |
Bozeat |
ended 1893
|
| Drage, John (trade) |
shoe manufacturer |
Bozeat |
1861
|
| Drage, John (personal) |
shoe manufacturer |
Bozeat |
1861
|
| Easton & Knight |
printers |
Higham Ferrers |
before 1896
|
| Express Dry Cleaners |
dry cleaners |
Rushden, H F & district |
c1948
|
| George Fensome Leathers Ltd. |
leather merchants |
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Gadsby, Thomas |
shoe manuf, currier |
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Giddings, Henry |
newsagent |
Ringstead |
-
|
| Gravestock, E C |
shoemakers |
Raunds |
-
|
| Grants Transport |
carriers |
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Hall, George |
surgeon |
Wollaston & district |
1769
|
| Hattondale Poultry Farm |
poultry farm |
Stanwick |
1928
|
| Hector, William |
currier & leather merchant |
Higham Ferrers |
c1892
|
| Hedley, C A |
chemist |
Higham Ferrers |
1926
|
| Higham Ferres Bank |
Wellingborough & Higham Ferrers Bank |
1790-99
|
| Higham Ferrers Town Sports Ltd |
sports |
Higham Ferrers |
c1920
|
| Hinson, Harry |
baker |
Chelveston |
c1900-27
|
| Hodkins & Fensome |
shoe manufacturers |
Rushden/Higham Ferrers |
|
| Ideal Factory |
|
Raunds |
-
|
| Irchester Boot & Shoe Manuf' Co. |
manufacturers (bankruptcy) |
Irchester |
-
|
| Irchester Co-op Society Ltd |
|
Irchester |
-
|
| Ivy Boot Works |
boot & shoe manufacturers |
Higham Ferrers |
1892
|
| Kingsmith and Son, Ltd. |
boot manufacturers/curriers |
Raunds |
1875
|
| Lovell, Arthur (diamond wedding) |
blacksmith |
Higham Ferrers |
1876
|
| Lovell Brothers Ltd |
shoe manufacturer |
Higham Ferrers |
1919
|
| Mallows, E |
boot manufacturer
|
Wollaston |
1892
|
| Maule, George (late Lonsdale) |
draper |
Higham Ferrers |
1778
|
| Marriott, W |
general stores |
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Marriott |
heating engineer |
Higham Ferrers |
1875
|
| Morris |
G & Son |
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Murdin and Sherwood |
shoe trade |
Wollaston |
-
|
| Oberman, J H |
electrical engineers |
Rushden/Higham Ferrers |
|
| Orlebar, R |
eggs for hatching |
Hinwick |
before 1905
|
| Orme, John |
engineer |
Rushden & Higham Ferrers |
1952
|
| Palmer's Stores |
grocer |
Higham Ferrers |
c1896
|
| Parker, Charles in 1921 |
shoe manufacturers |
Higham Ferrers |
1874
|
| Parker, Fred |
wheelwright, undertaker |
Higham Ferrers |
1880
|
| Parsons, Edward & Sons Ltd |
pork pies, sausages, etc |
Irchester |
-
|
| Pettitt, William |
currier & leather dresser |
Raunds |
-
|
| Podington Garden Centre |
plants, tools, etc |
Podington |
-
|
| Popular Boot Company |
boot manufacturers |
Raunds |
<1937
|
| Provident Society 1876-1926 |
various stores |
Wollaston & Bozeat |
1876
|
| Queen's Head |
inn |
Higham Ferrers |
|
| Randall, Frederick |
tailor |
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Raunds Co-op |
|
Raunds |
1891
|
| Red Lion |
|
Irchester |
-
|
| Reliable Boot Co. Ltd. |
boot manufacturers |
Stanwick |
-
|
| Reydon Haulage |
hauliers |
Higham Ferrers |
|
| Rowlett, John |
inn keeper |
Higham Ferrers |
1757
|
| Sanders, Thomas |
currier and farmer |
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Shelton, Frederic (bankruptcy) |
boot & shoe manufacturer |
Wollaston |
-
|
| Shelton Orsborn |
transport |
Wollaston |
|
| Simmons, W F |
boot manufacturer |
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Simpson and Mason |
solicitors |
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Smith, J E |
heating engineer |
Higham Ferrers |
1896
|
| Smith, J W |
agricultural engineer |
Wymington |
-
|
| Smith, Owen Ltd |
shoe manufacturers |
Raunds/Stanwick |
-
|
| Smith's |
brickworks |
Raunds |
-
|
| Snowunda Ltd |
soap makers |
Raunds |
1948
|
| Stanley, E W Ltd |
shoe manufacturers |
Raunds |
-
|
| St Crispin Productive Society |
boot & shoe manufacturers |
Raunds |
1891
|
| Sudborough, A & Son Ltd |
shoe manufacturers |
Higham Ferrers |
1913
|
| Swindall, Alec |
coal merchant |
Higham Ferrers |
c1922
|
| Thomas, Frank |
leather merchants |
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Valentine’s Improved Fire Protector |
patent |
Higham Ferrers |
1908
|
| Victory Boot Company Ltd |
shoe manufacturers/dealers |
Higham Ferrers |
1919
|
| Walker & Gunn |
shoe manufacturers |
Higham Ferrers |
-
|
| Wellington Tannery |
tanners & leather dressers |
Raunds |
-
|
| White, John |
shoe manufacturer |
Rushden & Higham Ferrers |
1919
|
| Wholesale & Export Shoe Co Ltd |
shoe manufacturers |
Irchester |
-
|
| Willmott, George |
farmer & dairyman |
Knuston |
-
|
| Wollaston Ind. & Prov. Soc. Ltd. |
Co-op - 50 years |
Wollaston & Bozeat |
1876-1926
|
| Woolley, Valentine T |
pork butcher |
Raunds |
-
|
| Wright, A E |
shoe manufacturer |
Higham Ferrers |
1896
|
Shoe & Leather Trades in 1916
|
