Arthur Newsome (1860-1934)
b 1860 Dewsbury,
d 1934 Burley in Wharfedale m 1905 - Sarah Elizabeth nee Smith (b 1868 Skipton - d1952 Wharfedale) They had two daughters: Ethel Newsome (b Ravensthorpe 1888 - 1972), she married Leonard Booth in 1914. (Ethel & Leonard had a son Brian N Booth (1921-1998) and a daughter Monica Booth who married Reginald Butterfield in 1942). Their second daughter was called Beatrice Newsome (1891-1948), she married Charles W Spivey in 1920, their son Arthur Newsome Spivey b1925. They lived at 15 Endor Crescent, Burley in Wharfedale.
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An obituary for Arthur Newsome was published on Saturday 14 July 1934 in the Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer, have added some further details to it.
Mr. Arthur Newsome, Hygeia House, Stirling Road, Burley-in-Wharfedale, who died yesterday, aged 75, was the head of the firm of Arthur Newsome, Ltd., road contractors and manufacturers of road materials. He was a native of Dewsbury, and was first employed by a colliery company at Heckmondwike. Later he acted as representative for a firm dealing coal and stone.
Started his own business in 1909 in Burley in Wharfedale, as a stone merchant & road contractor for both private & public works and built up a substantial business.
In 1918 Arthur Newsome and Robert Peel were partners, who became honorary secretaries of the North of England Road Material Agents and Merchants Association.
Started his own business in 1909 in Burley in Wharfedale, as a stone merchant & road contractor for both private & public works and built up a substantial business.
In 1918 Arthur Newsome and Robert Peel were partners, who became honorary secretaries of the North of England Road Material Agents and Merchants Association.
Arthur Newsome Limited had a section of the goods yard at Burley in Wharfedale Railway Station, plus an office "shed" & garage for the trucks & equipment, opposite the station building.
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Having entered the motoring era and expanded rapidly with the increasing demand for road improvements. He was patentee and manufacturer of road materials which were in great demand by highway authorities all over the country and abroad.
1920 Feb - Formation of Matlock & Bonsall Basalt Company Ltd. Directors: E. R. Sorfleet (engineer) of Upper Town, Bonsall; Arthur Newsome (stone merchant) of 4 York Terrace, Burley in Wharfedale; Robert Peel (stone merchant) & Jane Peel of 16 Lawn Avenue, Burley in Wharfedale; H. W. Smith (engineer) of 43 Marlborough Road, Norwich. The company secretary was Robert Peel and the registered office Arthur Newsome's residence of 4 York Terrace.
In November 1923 Arthur Newsome Ltd exhibited a product called "Glutrin" at the Public Works Roads and Transport Exhibition at Islington, London. Glutrin was a product of pine wood and was suitable for binding any class of road material, especially that which was too hard or dense to make into tar macadam.
In March 1925 he set up Scientific Roads Ltd on Station Approach, Shipley Railway Station, West Yorkshire. Its object was to carry on the business of builders and repairers of streets, roads and highways. In April 1925 they placed an advert asking for 500, 40-gallon oak barrels to be used to carry bitumen or tar.
In March 1925 he set up Scientific Roads Ltd on Station Approach, Shipley Railway Station, West Yorkshire. Its object was to carry on the business of builders and repairers of streets, roads and highways. In April 1925 they placed an advert asking for 500, 40-gallon oak barrels to be used to carry bitumen or tar.
Scientific Roads Ltd expanded to incorporate depots in Queensferry near Chester and Redbridge near Southampton. The products they produced included: Bitrin, Dry, Tarred and Bituminous Roadstone, Hot and Cold Bituminous Dressing Compounds, Black and Coloured Asphaltes. Uses included roads, pavements & tennis courts.
Circa 1925, Arthur Newsome set up another business - Road Requirements Ltd - a specifier of materials needed for road construction & surfacing projects.
In February 1931 Arthur Newsome set up Skibeden Quarries Ltd., to take over the long-abandoned Far Skibeden Quarry, part of the Haw Bank geological structure outside Skipton. Haw Bank was well known for its "blue" limestone, its strength & hardness made it ideal for roadstone. Arthur Newsome installed crushing plant at Far Skibeden with a daily throughput of 200 tonnes. This stone was then shipped to Scientific Roads Ltd at Shipley to be turned into tar macadam. [Ref: Limestone Industries of the Yorkshire Dales Second Edition By David Johnson].
In 1961 after pressure from Shipley UDC the tar plant of Scientific Roads Ltd., was moved to the quarries at Skipton.
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After Arthur Newsome’s death in 1934, the business continued to be based in Burley in Wharfedale & was run by Arthur's son-in-law Leonard Booth.
It successfully traded as the Newsome Group for the next 40 years, until taken over by Tilcon Limited in 1974.
It successfully traded as the Newsome Group for the next 40 years, until taken over by Tilcon Limited in 1974.
From 1928 to 1934 Arthur Newsome sponsored Burley & District Brass Band, renaming it the Arthur Newsome Public Works Brass Band. He also sponsored the Arthur Newsome Challenge Cup for brass band competitions.
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