Phipps & Son Ltd were established at Northampton in 1822. By 1898 they had opened a branch works at Rushden in West Street, where they made buckles, binding, buttons, lace and linings for boots and shoes. They also supplied leather and dressed leather, and in 1905 they moved into a new factory in East Grove.
An invoice dated 1943 showing the branches at London, Leicester, Kettering, Rushden & Norwich.
