Grenson, founded in 1866 as William Green & Son, began with its founder sewing shoes in his mother's Northampshire cottage, and by 1895 had grown into a Northampton-based footwear factory still producing shoes today. The first company to employ the Goodyear welting process, now a defining trait of quality shoe construction, Grenson continues to manufacture traditional English shoes with a heritage of durability and craftsmanship.