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James Colmer Limited
James Colmer Ltd. was a large department store in Bath. The store's origins can be traced to 1829 when Caleb Hornby opened a draper's shop in Union Street. The shop grew to become the largest...
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S. B. V. (Swiss Bank Verein)
Swiss Bank Verein (SBV) was a large integrated financial company located in Switzerland. Prior to its merger, the bank was the third largest in Switzerland with over 300 billion CHF of assets and 11.7...
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George Harding & Sons
George Harding set up business as a tinplate manufacturer in 1835 in White Street, Southwark, London, under the sign “The Original Little Dust Pan.” In the 1870s George Harding's stock was housed in...
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Hankey, Bannister & Co.
Hankey, Bannister & Co. was a wine and spirits company established by Beaumont Hankey and Hugh Bannister in 1757 at Johns Street in London's West End. The business quickly developed a reputation as...
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J. W. French & Co. Ltd.
J. W. French & Co. Ltd. were flour millers in Ware, Hertfordshire. The company built the Frenlite Flour Mill at Viaduct Road, Ware, in 1897. The mill was used to supply flour to J. Lyons & Co....
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Dri-ped Limited / William Walker & Sons Limited
Dri-ped Limited was a subsidiary company formed by William Walker & Sons in 1914.William Walker & Sons was a manufacturer of leather belting and other leather accessories. The company was...
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H. Brooks & Co.
H. Brooks & Co. were makers of keyboards for pianos and organs. The company was established by Henry Brooks in 1810 at 31 Lyme Street in London's Camden Town, which at this time was the centre of...
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N C R Co. Ltd. (National Cash Register Co. Ltd.)
In 1879, James Ritty, a saloon owner in Dayton, Ohio, patented the first mechanical cash register. The purpose of the invention was to stop dishonest employees from helping themselves to extra cash...
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Whitehead Bros. Ltd.
Whitehead Brothers Ltd. is a teaand coffee merchant formed in 1858 in Manchester. The company, now called Whiteheads Ltd., is a tea wholesaler and bespoke coffee blender, currently located at a purpose...
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Provident Mutual Life A. A.
Provident Mutual was established in 1840 as the Provident Clerks' Mutual Benefit Association, along with a sister company called the Provident Clerks' Benevolent Fund. The two new companies were often...
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Barrow, Lane & Ballard
The company was established as a distributor of nuts, seeds and dried fruits, in London in 1864, by George Gray and G. M. Barrow. In 1887 Samuel Barrow and G. H. Ballard were taken into partnership and...
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Shepherd Neame Ltd.
Shepherd Neame Ltd. is one of the oldest breweries in Britain. It operates the Faversham Brewery in Kent, which has been brewing continuously over the same artesian well since 1698. The company brews...
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John Lewis & Co. Ltd.
John Lewis is an employee-owned UK retail company currently operating 31 department stores and over 300 Waitrose supermarkets.John Lewis opened a drapery shop at 132 Oxford Street, London, in 1864....
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Union Glue and Gelatine Co. Ltd.
The Union Glue & Gelatine Co. Ltd. was based at the Cransley Works in Clerkenwell, London in the 1950s, and produced the Coronet and Corolastbrand of abrasive, as well as casien glues, and dry...
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Sparrow, Hardwick & Co.
Sparrow, Hardwick & Co. was a textiles manufacturing company established by John Sparrow at 10 Major Street, Manchester in the mid 19thcentury. In 1899 the company built a large baroque style...
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T. C. & S. Ld. (T. Collinson & Sons Ltd.)
T. Collinson & Sons were wholesale tea and coffee dealers and caterers. The company was established by Thomas Collinson in Halifax in 1835. The company's first store in Halifax was called the...
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Hirst Brothers
In 1884 Alfred Hirst opened a jewellery and watchmaker's shop at Union Street, Oldham. Alfred's bothers, Fred and Samuel, soon joined him in the business which became styled Hirst Brothers. The company...
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Lever Paper Maker
T. A. Lever was a large paper making and printing company in Manchester. Despite being a prominent company in the city at the end of the 19thcentury and early 20thcentury, I could find little...
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Russells & Wrangham Ltd.
James Russell & Son owned the Derwent Brewery in Malton, North Yorkshire, from 1771. Another brewer in the area was William Wrangham Ltd who owned the Crystal Brewery from 1784. The two brewers...
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J. Travers & Sons
Joseph Travers & Sons were wholesale grocers in London. The company has a very long history; its origins going back to the 17thcentury about the time of the Great Fire of London in 1666, at a shop...
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