The longevity of a company is heralded as a vouch for quality. After all, it is proof that the company has weathered many storms and changes in the industry and still come out on top as the go-to supplier for so many customers.
Lotus Shoes has a legacy spanning 260 years. The brand supplies an array of footwear from court shoes to flat boots. As a nation, we?re rather proud of Brand Britain and rightly so. Britain has seen some fantastic brands born and bred here, where craftsmanship is often seen as a guarantee of quality.

Taking a look through the history of Lotus Shoes
1759

The origins of Lotus Shoes can be traced all the way back to 1759, when William Bostock was working as a shoemaker in Derbyshire. His son, Thomas Bostock, would go on to found the first factory for Lotus Shoes. This journey began in 1791 when he was apprenticed to his father at the age of 14 as a cordwainer. A cordwainer differs from a cobbler in that a cobbler repairs shoes, where a cordwainer creates new shoes from new leather. Nowadays, the term cobbler is often used to describe both. 1814
In 1814, Thomas Bostock moved to Stafford to set up his shoe manufacturing business. This brand would later be named Lotus.
Thomas? three sons; Frederick, Edwin, and Thomas Jr, would later join the business in partnership with their father. Edwin ran the Stafford business, while Thomas Jr set up another branch in Stone.
1834

By 1834, Stafford was the central powerhouse of the shoe industry. There were 53 footw...