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<p>The <b>Sykes Bleaching Company</b> was a <a href="page.php?w=cotton">cotton</a> <a href="page.php?w=bleaching">bleaching</a> business established in <a href="page.php?w=Edgeley">Edgeley</a>, near <a href="page.php?w=Stockport">Stockport</a> in 1792 which grew to become one of the largest bleaching enterprises in the United Kingdom.</p>

<p><big>Origins</big></p>
<p>The bleaching business was established in 1792 by William Sykes. Sykes had been born at <a href="page.php?w=Wakefield">Wakefield</a> and had been active in the cloth industry at <a href="page.php?w=Halifax%2C_West_Yorkshire">Halifax</a></p><p>
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