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Robert Sorby


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This appeared in a recent 'Australian Woodworker' magazine. Is there any link between this Sorby and the tenants of Rotherwood Hall? Does anyone have any background on the Sorby dynasty?

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Thanks Steve, great reading. This from a previous post regarding Rotherwood Hall :-

 It was the home of Richard Sorby Esq, Coal Producer b1806-d1862, he was the son of John Sorby who lived at nearby Orgreave Hall and founded the John Sorby & Sons edge tool business.

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The factory is on the junction of Athol Road and Little London Road. Entrance on Athol Road. I only went there once to repair a chisel hardening machine. The name board is still on the outside. I don't know if production is still there.  The group mentioned as the owners in the article sent Spear & Jackson saw production to Taiwan then a couple of years later sold Eclipse, Moor & Wright and Neill tools to a Chinese who moved their production to China.

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