Abbeyhorn of Lakeland fine Horn products since 1749 - Over 250 Years of Craftsmanship.
 
Origins, movements and owners past and present.
To understand how important the last remaining hornworks is to the heritage of this country, we must first take you back two and a half centuries to where it all began in 1749 in the county of Worcestershire.
The Humpherson Family: Ownership 171 years.
  1749 - The first founders of the hornworks Humpherson's of Bewdly.
1912 - Humpherson moved the Hornworks to Gloucester.
The Grove Family: Ownership 3 years.
  1920's - Approximate date sold to Mr. Grove, a relative of the Grove family of Halesowen famous for their Horn button industry
dating back a far as the 16th Century.
Leresche and Troughton: Joint ownership 35 years.
  1923 - Sold to Percy Leresche who
"inspired by the signs of the railway sidings property" in Llanthony Road, renamed the company "The Abbey Horn Works"after Llanthony Abbey.
1932 - Leresche moved the works to Kendal, Cumbria, merging the firm with the old established horn comb works owned by James Troughton and Sons, making Jim Troughton a partner.
The Barnes Family: Ownership 35 years.
 

1955 - Sold to Mr.and Mrs. John Barnes:
Percy Leresche continued to work with John Barnes until Leresche's death a few years later.
During this time the export market flourished and the company name was changed to "Abbey Horn of Kendal Ltd".

1980 - Paul Cleasby joined the work force as an apprentice horn worker.

The Cleasby Family: Present Owners.
  1991 - Sold to Paul Cleasby who moved the works a few miles away to the village of Holme at the old Holme Mills site of Goodacres Carpets.
The name was changed to "Abbeyhorn of Lakeland".
1998 - The Scottish horn works called "Horncraft" from Irvine, Aryshire was bought from the Buyers' family and combined
into "Abbeyhorn".
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