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Johnstons of Elgin

£20

The book 'Fabric of Scotland' tells the history of Johnstons of Elgin from 1797 to 2018. An astonishing 221 years of history. A family business owned by just two families. Learn about the innovative ways we operate using the latest technology, at times making our own machines. Author Janet Rae, a journalist with a keen interest in textile manufacturing.

Johnstons of Elgin's own words, read from their page.

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Where this comes from

The part other shops don't tell you. Three separate questions, kept separate on purpose, each with its source.

UK company
Registered at Companies House as JAMES JOHNSTON & CO. OF ELGIN LIMITED, number SC022553. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "our Elgin Mill" Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.