Untangling a complex web: The Atherstone hat trade and enslaved people

Former Britannia hat works in Atherstone

Newport Pagnell Historical Society

Tuesday, 20th January 2026 at 7.30 pm
United Reformed Church, High Street, Newport Pagnell MK16 8AB

Speaker: Kay Andrews.

The small Warwickshire town of Atherstone is well known for its 300-year role in the manufacture and sale of hats. The last hat factory closed its doors in 1999.

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