Montfort (Knitting Mills) Ltd, Knitwear Manufacturers
Montfort (Knitting Mills) Ltd began life in 1868 as Newby, Brown and Humberstone, hosiery manufacturers of Belvoir Street, Leicester. In 1884 one of the partners left and William Newby formed a new partnership which became Newby, Groves and Meakin Ltd. William Newby died in 1893.