The Glasgow based textile company James Templeton & Co was one of the leading carpet manufacturers in Britain during the 19th and 20th centuries. The firm was established in Bridgeton in 1839 by James Templeton 1802-1883. At its peak, its Bridgeton factory employed 3000 people before closing in 1979. In 1983, James Templeton & Co merged with A F Stoddard and Henry Widnell & Stewart to form Stoddard Carpets, with production moving to Elderslie. The Bridgeton factory building was converted by the Scottish Development Agency and became a business centre, Templeton On The Green, in 1984.
Fred H. Young, A Century of Carpet Making 1839-1939, Collins, Glasgow, c.1940s