History
John Barbour, a native of Galloway, Scotland, founded J. Barbour and Sons Ltd. in South Shields, England in 1894 as an importer of oil-cloth.
The headquarters for J. Barbour and Sons Ltd. at the time of its foundation was located at 5 Market Place, South Shields. The company moved the headquarters to Wimbledon in 1916, then to Simonside, South Shields in 1981.
The wax-cotton jackets are manufactured in Simonside, South Shields; most of the other products are manufactured outside the United Kingdom.
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