Mostrando 15888 resultados

This firm of stockbrokers was founded in c 1870 by William John Galloway and Cyrus Tom Pearson as Galloway & Pearson, with offices at 75 Old Broad Street. The founding families continued to be represented amongst the partners until the late 1950s.

A service company, Gallus Services Limited, was established in 1979 to acquire all the fixed assets of the partnership and to provide the services required to maintain the stockbroking business. In 1984, Galloway and Pearson (and Gallus Services Limited) merged with WICO (W. I. Carr, Sons and Company (Overseas) Limited) to form WICO Galloway and Pearson Limited. WICO was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exco International plc, who subsequently acquired a 29.9% stake in the new firm with an option to purchase the remaining 70.1%

Galloway and Pearson had premises: 75 Old Broad Street (1870-81); 3 Drapers' Gardens (1882-1910); 3 Drapers' Gardens and Warnford Court (1911 only) then 27G Throgmorton Street (1911-35); 1 London Wall Buildings and 27G Throgmorton Street (to 1940) then Warnford Court (1936-41); Warnford Court (1942-83); Warnford Court and 29 Throgmorton Street (1984).

WICO Galloway & Pearson Limited had premises: Warnford Court and 29 Throgmorton Street (1985), and Sherborne House, 119 Cannon Street (1986).

Richard and George Attenborough established themselves as pawnbrokers and jewellers at 204 Fleet Street in 1844. By 1847, George Attenborough (1821-94) was trading alone, though he was subsequently joined by his sons, Arthur Henry Attenborough and George Attenborough. They traded from a number of addresses, before settling at 193 Fleet Street from 1873, where the firm was based until 1987. They are also described in London directories as silversmiths, watchmakers, appraisers, diamond and pearl merchants, and bullion dealers.

George Frederick Dickson and Company were merchants trading with South America from various addresses in the City : 62 Old Broad Steet 1828-36; 3 Crosby Square 1837-40; 1 Winchester Buildings 1841-1847; 27 New Broad Street 1848-50; 8 Great Winchester Street 1851-68 and 3 Great Winchester Street Buildings 1869-73.

George Frederick Dickson acted as consul general for Buenos Aires in 1841 and 1848-1857 and as consul general for the Argentine Confederation in 1858. From 1863 onwards the company is listed in trade directories as agents for F C Dickson and Company, gunpowder manufacturers of Blackbeck Newton in Lancashire and much of their business from that date appears to have centred round the import/export of gunpowder.

This firm of solicitors was established in c 1887 by Gilbert Ellis Samuel (1859-1926). Trading as Gilbert Samuel and Company from c 1902, the firm had offices at 39 Old Broad Street (1887-1890), 16 Great Winchester Street (1891-1961) and 3 Michael's Alley, Cornhill (1962-1971). They were taken over c 1970 by Bischoff and Company, solicitors.

Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.

The African Direct Telegraph Company Limited was formed in 1885 by John Pender to link the main British ports on the west coast of Africa with each other and with England. The company was renamed in 1957 as African Direct Telegraph and Trust Company Limited and in 1965 as Electra Investments Limited.

Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.

The British Australian Telegraph Company Limited was formed in 1870 by John Pender to bring Australia within the scope of telegraph communication with Britain. In 1873 it merged with the China Submarine Telegraph Company Limited and the British Indian Extension Telegraph Company Limited to form the Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company Limited.

Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.

The British Indian Extension Telegraph Company Limited was formed in 1869 by John Pender, in order to lay a telegraph cable from Madras to Singapore. It merged in 1873 with China Submarine Telegraph Company Limited and British Australian Telegraph Company Limited to form Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company Limited.

The Edible Oil Association was established by the Ministry of Food (Oil and Fats Control) in 1939 to oversee the creation of a national pool of edible oil and fats by all manufacturers. This was the first step towards wartime rationing. The Association was the forerunner of the National Edible Oil Distributors Federation, formed in 1946.

The federation, formed in 1921 as the National Lubricating Oil Federation and re-named in 1922, comprised representatives of local lubricating oil associations, most notably those in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Bristol and South Wales. It aimed to co-ordinate the efforts of these local associations, to provide for their mutual support and to stimulate discussion on matters affecting the trade.

In 1921 Broad Street Estates Limited (incorporated 1913), which owned a freehold building in Old Broad Street opposite Gresham House, was acquired by the Gresham House Estate Company Limited (CLC/B/106-01). This property was sold in 1953. Since the late 1950's, the Gresham House Estate Company Limited and its subsidiary, Broad Street Estates Limited, have been concerned mainly with investment business.

Albion Fire Insurance Association Limited (known until 1893 as Fire Insurance Association Limited) was established in 1880. It was based at 66-7 Cornhill, 1880-89 and 90 Cannon Street, 1890-4.

This company was established in 1906 for motor accident insurance and expanded into life and general business insurance in 1918. It was acquired by Royal Exchange Assurance (CLC/B/107-02) in 1927. Its head office address was 10 St James's Street, but it had several branch offices including one at 70 Cornhill and the Marine Department at 19 Royal Exchange.

The company was established in 1854 as the National Provincial Plate Glass Insurance Company at 37 Ludgate Hill. It was acquired by Royal Exchange Assurance (CLC/B/107-02) in 1909, at which time its address was 66 Ludgate Hill, and changed its name to National Provincial Plate Glass and General Insurance Company in 1912. It became National Provincial Insurance Company in 1921.

The Reliance Marine Insurance Company Limited was established in Liverpool in 1881. In 1916 it was taken over by Guardian Assurance (CLC/B/107-01), which later became part of Guardian Royal Exchange.

This company was established in Liverpool in 1891, as State Fire Insurance Company, to cover fire insurance in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States of America. It was renamed State Assurance Company in 1910 at which time it expanded into general insurance business. In 1924 it became a subsidiary of Royal Exchange Assurance (CLC/B/107-02) which in turn merged with Guardian Assurance in 1968, forming Guardian Royal Exchange.

Henry Barber traded as a salmon factor from 1841. By 1855 he had a stand in Billingsgate market and by 1880 had leased shop 7 where the business remained until it went into voluntary liquidation in 1979. The limited company was formed in April 1925. It specialised in salmon, but also dealt in eels through subsidiaries.

Subsidiaries of H Barber and Son Limited included:

• D and J Barber (Eels) Limited, formerly John and Paul (Eels) Limited, eel merchants, trading from 13b Lovat Lane (they were taken over and renamed in 1960);
  • Braddan Fishing Co Limited, formed in 1952 to manage salmon fishings;
  • Cahill and Young Limited, a defunct Irish company which was acquired ca. 1954 and used to purchase the Galway fishery;
  • John T Clark Limited, a Billingsgate company taken over ca. 1960;
  • UC Farmer Limited, a Billingsgate company formed in 1965;
  • A Langley and Co Limited, cooked eel merchants, trading from 28 Monument Street;
  • EF Marchant Limited, a Billingsgate company taken over in 1964.

Braddan Fishing Company Limited was a subsidiary of H Barber and Sons Limited. It was formed in 1952 to manage salmon fishing.

John T Clark Limited is first listed in the trade directories for 1933 as a fish factor of Billingsgate and 90 Lower Thames Street. The firm was taken over by H Barber and Son Limited circa 1965 (John T Clark is listed in the directories until 1968, and these records run until 1971).

U. C. Farmer Limited, fishmongers, was a Billingsgate company formed in 1965.

EF Marchant Limited were a Billingsgate company taken over by H Barber and Sons Limited in 1964.

The Bank originated as the London branch of the Copenhagen firm of J. C. Hambro and Son (established c 1800) and was formerly known as C. J. Hambro and Son, 1839-1920 and Hambros Bank of Northern Commerce Ltd, 1920-1921. It formerly traded from 11 King William Street, c 1839-1843, and 70 Old Broad Street, 1843-1926. It was amalgamated with the British Bank of Northern Commerce Limited in 1920.

William Harrison and John Legas became partners in an iron founding and gun founding business on 29 September 1741. They owned a number of foundries in East Sussex, and dealt largely with the Board of Ordnance at Woolwich, where Samuel Remnant was their agent. On William Harrison's death in January 1744/5, his share in the partnership passed to his executors, Samual Remnant and John Legas, as trustees for his sons Andrew and John Harrison.

Daniel and Smith Harrison and Joseph Crosfield entered into partnership in January 1844 to trade as tea and coffee merchants at 6 Temple Street, Liverpool, under the style Harrisons and Crosfield. The partnership moved in July 1854 to 3 Great Tower Street, London, becoming from the 1860s one of the largest tea traders in Britain. In the 1890s the company admitted a number of new partners (Charles Heath Clark, George Croll, Arthur Lampard and Eric Miller) and changed the direction of its business. The company took on the blending and packing of teas, and imports from Ceylon were stored in a warehouse on Ceylon Wharf, Bankside in Southwark. The company was also increasingly involved in rubber and plantation estates in the mid-20th century, and acquired shareholdings, often acting as agents and secretaries, in a number of plantation companies. By the late 20th century, Harrisons and Crosfield managed nearly half a million acres of tropical crops in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Southern India, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The firm became a limited company under the style Harrisons and Crosfield Limited in May 1908.

Much of the company's interest in tea was disposed of in 1916 on the formation of Twining, Crosfield and Company Limited. As well as diversifying into rubber plantation Harrisons and Crosfield Limited had interests in timber (through its stake in British Borneo Timber Limited, later called Sabah Timber Company), and especially from the 1950s, palm oil, speciality chemicals and other estates agency work, including the related business from insurance and shipping. From the late 1960s the company again changed direction moving to consolidate its interests in a number of divisions, including the "Harcros" group of timber merchants and building suppliers, chemicals, animal feeds and other agricultural products. Most of the interests Harrisons and Crosfield had in individual plantation companies were merged into larger companies (e.g. London Sumatra Plantations) in the 1960s and afterwards, and those companies have subsequently been sold. The firm became a public limited company in 1982. In late 1997 the firm started the disposal of all its timber and building supplies and food and agriculture divisions, to concentrate on speciality chemicals. From January 1998 the firm has been known as Elementis Plc.

Harrisons and Crosfield established branches in the following places:
AFRICA: Nairobi branch opened in 1962/3, becoming part of Phillips, Harrisons and Crosfield from 1965 (see Ms 38092-4).
AUSTRALIA: Offices opened in 1910 in Melbourne. From 1914 Harrisons and Crosfield operated under the style Harrisons Ramsay Proprietary, with further branches in Sydney and other places (see Ms 37842-92).
BELGIUM: Office opened in Brussels in 1963 (see Ms 37090).
BORNEO: The company operated through a subsidiary company Harrisons and Crosfield (Borneo) Ltd, registered 1918 in Sandakan (Ms 37541-61). See also records of Sabah Timber Company Ltd (Ms 38103-78).
CANADA: Harrisons and Crosfield operated through offices at Montreal (opened 1905), Toronto (c 1940) and Vancouver (c 1947) (Ms 37199-207), and through a subsidiary company Harrisons and Crosfield (Canada) Ltd (Ms 37562-9). See also the records of Dillons Chemical Co (Ms 37570-1).
CHINA: Office opened in Shanghai in 1908 under the style Westphal, King and Ramsay, and from 1918 as Harrisons, King and Irwin (Ms 37642-52). See also the records of Tait and Co which operated in Taiwan (Ms 38195-204).
HOLLAND: The company operated under the style Harrisons and Crosfield (Holland) N.V., 1951-9 (Ms 37576-80).
HONG KONG: Harrisons and Crosfield operated under the style Harrisons, King and Irwin from 1946 (Ms 37642-52), and from 1963 as Harrisons and Crosfield (Hong Kong) Ltd (Ms 37581-6).
INDIA: Branch office opened in Calcutta in 1900 (under the style Lampard, Clark and Co, Ms 37914-25), and Quilon in 1911, with other offices at Calicut and Cochin (Ms 37208-50). See also the records of Davenport and Co (Ms 37462-8).
INDONESIA: Branches opened in Medan and Batavia (Jakarta) in 1910, with sub-offices at Bandoeng (Bandung) from ca. 1916, and Sourabaya (Surabaya) from c 1921 (Ms 37251-82).
JAPAN: Branch office in Kobe opened in 1917 (Ms 37283). See also the records of Jarmain, Davis and Co (Ms 37900-1).
MALAYA: Office opened in Kuala Lumpur in 1907 under the style Crosfield, Lampard and Co (Ms 37447-55). From 1921 see the records of Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya), which also had branches at Singapore and Penang (Ms 37587-627).
NEW ZEALAND: Wellington branch opened in 1910, and from 1914 Harrisons and Crosfield operated in New Zealand under the style Harrisons Ramsay Proprietary Ltd (Ms 37842-92).
SRI LANKA: Colombo branch opened in 1895 under the style Crosfield, Lampard and Co (Ms 37447-55). See also the records of Harrisons Lister Engineering Ltd (Ms 37653-76) and Harrisons and Eastern Export Ltd (Ms 37635-41). From 1908/9 see also the records of Harrisons and Crosfield's Colombo branch (Ms 37284-309).
SWITZERLAND: Office opened in 1962 in Lausanne (Ms 37090).
TAIWAN: See records of Tait and Co (Ms 38195-204).
UNITED STATES: New York branch opened in 1904 under the style Crosfield, Lampard, Clark and Co (Ms 37456-61), from 1908 as Irwin Harrisons and Crosfield Inc, with branches in Philadelphia, Chicago and other places.
Harrisons and Crosfield also operated through a subsidiary company Harrisons and Crosfield (America) Inc of New York (Ms 37523-9). See also Harrisons and Crosfield (Pacific) Inc (Ms 37530)

Harrisons and Crosfield were appointed as secretaries and/or agents to almost all of the plantation companies in which it had a shareholding. The secretarial function was performed in London and included the provision of full management support to the boards of individual plantation companies and the administration of share registers. The overseas branches of Harrisons and Crosfield (eg Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) Limited) acted as agents.

Offices in Chicago and New York (and Montreal) were opened in 1904 under the style Crosfield, Lampard, Clark and Company (see CLC/B/112/MS37456-61). The company was merged into Harrisons and Crosfield in 1908 and the offices were run as H and C branches. In 1914 the subsidiary company Irwin Harrisons and Whitney Inc (CLC/B/112-089) was formed from the merger of the New York branch and the business of A P Irwin and Company (see CLC/B/112/MS37531-40). Harrisons and Crosfield also operated in the United States through the subsidiary company Harrisons and Crosfield (America) Inc of New York (See CLC/B/112-065; MS37523-30).

This company was registered in 1913 to acquire Kajang estates in Selangor, Malaya. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) replaced Bright and Galbraith as secretaries and agents in 1952, and Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) Limited (CLC/B/112-071) acted as local agents from 1953. Abaco (Selangor) Rubber Limited went into voluntary liquidation in 1953-6.

Allied Sumatra Plantations Limited was registered in 1925 to purchase two Sumatran companies: N.V. Soeka Radja Cultuur Maatschappij and N.V. Rubber Cultuur Mij Si Boelan. In 1960 it was acquired by London Sumatra Plantations Limited (CLC/B/112-110). In May 1982 it became a private company.

Ankola Tea and Rubber Company Limited was registered in 1911 to acquire estates in Preanger regency in Java. Leaseholds of estate and other assets in Java were vested in N.V. Cultuur Maatschappij Ankola (registered in Java). Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) and The Rubber Plantations Investments Trust held shares in the Company. In 1924 Harrisons and Crosfield purchased the whole of The Rubber Plantations Investments Trust's interest. In 1957 Ankola Tea and Rubber Company went into voluntary liquidation.

For historical notes concerning shareholdings, see CLC/B/112/MS37392.

Auxiliary Investments Limited was registered in 1954 as an investment company. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) acted as secretaries / agents for the company. In 1967/8 it became a wholly owned subsidiary of London Sumatra Plantations Limited (CLC/B/112-110). For statements of investments 1954-73 see CLC/B/112/MS37069.

This company was registered in 1948 to rehabilitate Japanese "abaca" (manila hemp) estates in Kuhara, North Borneo. Its capital was held by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited and Colonial Development Corporation. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (see CLC/B/112) acted as secretary / managing agents for the sale of rubber and other goods. Mostyn Estates Limited was a subsidiary of Borneo Abaca Limited.

See also CLC/B/112/MS37551.

C Leary and Company Limited was established in 1841 as timber agents selling on behalf of overseas shippers to importers in the UK and Europe. In 1962 Leary's Boxboard Agencies purchased C Leary and Company Limited, and was in turn purchased by Harrisons and Crosfield Securities Limited (CLC/B/112-075).

Charles Lester and Company Limited was registered in 1946 as general traders. Part of the share capital was held by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112-001). In 1985/6 Charles Lester and Company Limited went into voluntary liquidation.

This company was registered in 1909 in Selangor, Malaya, with estates in Chota, Segambut and Ayer Jerneh. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112-001) replaced Bright and Galbraith as secretaries and agents in 1952. Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) Limited (CLC/B/112-071) acted as local agents from 1953. In 1957 Harrisons and Crosfield sold their stock in Chota Rubber Estates, and ceased to act as secretaries and agents.

This company was registered in 1910 to acquire the Djasinga estate and other assets in Java vested in the Java registered company N.V. Cultuur Mij Jasinga (known from 1959 as P.T. Perusahaan Perkebunan Djasinga), which became a subsidiary company.

In 1931 Djasinga Rubber and Produce Company acquired the Kandang, Sapi, Pasir Mandang and Tjim Aratja estates. It was acquired by London Sumatra Plantations Limited (CLC/B/112-110) in 1961, and in April 1982 it became a private company.

East India Tea and Produce Company Limited was registered in 1907 to acquire estates in the Wynaad region of India and to reconstitute Wynaad Tea Company Limited (originally registered in 1894). In 1909 it acquired the nearby Mayfield, Northrook and Touramulla estates. In 1923 East India Tea and Produce Company Limited was acquired by Malayalam Plantations Limited (CLC/B/112-113).

Fine Chemicals of Canada Limited was registered in 1939 as a manufacturer of bulk pharmaceuticals, fertilizers etc. In 1951 Dillons Chemical Company Limited (CLC/B/112-043) invested $100,000 in Fine Chemicals of Canada Limited and became the sole agents of the Company. Fisons Limited took a joint interest with Dillons Chemical Company Limited in 54.9% of the issued capital. In 1960 Dillons Chemical Company Limited sold their shareholding.

In 1957 Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) and Fisons Pest Control Limited (a subsidiary of Fisons Limited) formed a new company, Fisons (Ceylon) Limited, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for the manufacture, handling and importation of fungicides, insecticides, weed-killers, fertilizers and other agricultural chemical products. Harrisons and Fisons Pest Control Limited held an equal number of shares in the Company. In 1959 Fisons Pest Control Limited's shares were transferred to Fisons Limited.

This company was registered in 1910 to acquire Crocodile River (Selangor) Rubber Company Limited, and the Crocodile River, Teluk Datoh, and Branscombe estates in Selangor and Negri Sembilan in Malaya. In 1959 it was acquired by Golden Hope Rubber Estate Limited (CLC/B/112-054).

This company was registered in 1921 as P.B. Estate Limited. It was purchased by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) in December 1925, to develop, produce and sell improved rubber planting material. It was an important experimental rubber estate. The company owned estates in Selangor and Negri Sembilan, Malaya. In 1962 it was acquired by Golden Hope Rubber Estate Limited (CLC/B/112-054), and in 1969 it went into voluntary liquidation.

Harrisons and Crosfield (Holdings) Limited was registered in 1959 as an investment holding company. It was originally going to be called Harrisons and Crosfield (OTC) Limited. It held the entire share capital of Harrisons and Crosfield (Borneo) Limited (1960-) (CLC/B/112-066), Harrisons and Crosfield (Hong Kong) Limited (1961/2-70) (CLC/B/112-070), Technical Advisory and Service Company Limited (1963/4-70) (CLC/B/112-154) and British Chrome and Chemicals Limited (1973/4-) (CLC/B/112-027). See CLC/B/112/MS37543/1 for draft memorandum and articles of association 1958-1959.

In 1917 Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) purchased Barker and Company, a trading house in Singapore, and Kimmel and Company of England and Singapore. They were combined to form a private company called Barker and Company Limited, in which was also incorporated Harrisons and Crosfield Limited's interests in Singapore and Penang. In 1922 Harrisons and Crosfield Limited merged its branches in Kuala Lumpur, Klang and Port Swettenham, with Barker and Company to form Harrisons, Barker and Company. The name was changed to Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) Limited in 1946. It had a head office in Kuala Lumpur and branches in Singapore, Penang, Telok Anson, Port Swettenham, Taiping and Kuching.

In 1959 two new companies were formed: Harrisons and Crosfield (Singapore) Limited and Harrisons and Crosfield (Federation of Malaya) Limited. In 1964 Harrisons and Crosfield (Federation of Malaya) Limited changed its name to Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaysia) Limited, which was then changed to Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd in ca.1966. In 1990 Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and Harrisons and Crosfield (Singapore) Limited were sold as part of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited's general trading division.

For historical notes on the Company see CLC/B/112/MS37392. For lists of agencies held see CLC/B/112/MS37054. For staff lists see CLC/B/112/MS37340-1.

Harrisons and Crosfield Latex Limited was registered in 1947 in Malaysia with factories in Johore and Selangor for the manufacture of centrifugal or creamy latex. A number of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited and Bright and Galbraith subsidiary companies subscribed to the company. By around 1967 the name had changed to Harrisons and Crosfield Latex Sdn Bhd. In 1983 it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Harrisons Malaysian Estates Limited (CLC/B/112-079).

Brown Brothers, ironmongers, were based at 238 Holloway Road.

This firm of architects was based in Truro, Cornwall, at The Mansion House.

According to the London Post Office Directory of 1930, E G and J W Chester, solicitors, were based at 86 Newington Butts, Newington, SE11. Their names are given as Jn [John] Woodroffe Chester and Jn [John] Granado Chester.

History: Formed 1831. Deed of Settlement, 1833. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1842 - 5 + 6 Victoria, cap. 36. Amalgamated with (Chartered) Gas Light and Coke Company, 1871.

Fowler and Sutton, architects, were based at Parliament Mansions, Abbey Orchard Street, SW1.

William Matthew Hill and William Higgs both established building firms in the 1850s : Hill and Sons in Islington, and Higgs in Westminster (later moving to Vauxhall). Friendship between the two families led to amalgamation in 1874 as Hill, Higgs and Hill. William Higgs' yard in Vauxhall became the company headquarters and was renamed "Crown Works". On the retirement of Rowland Hill in 1877 the firm's name was simplified to Higgs and Hill. The firm enjoyed several prestigious early contracts, including the Tate Gallery on Millbank, Harvey Nicholls department store in Knightsbridge, and work on the new St Thomas' Hospital at Westminster Bridge.

In 1898 the business was incorporated as a limited liability company; getting a flying start with the winning of a new contract - the largest yet - for the Royal Naval Training College at Dartmouth.

The company moved its headquarters from Crown Works in 1967, to New Malden, Surrey. The workshops were moved to Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, along with the joinery works which operated under the name of Foster and Dicksee Limited. As the business continued to expand, other building firms were taken over, including Holliday and Greenwood.

May, May and Merriman, solicitors, still practice in Gray's Inn, London. According to their website (accessed Oct 2009) they were "founded in 1786 by Richard Wilson, May May and Merrimans has always practised within or close to the Inns of Court. For over 100 years the practice occupied 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, until the move to its present premises in Gray's Inn in 1958. In the 19th Century the partners practised under their own names; Charles Gibbons May became a partner in 1884 and this family connection continued until 1965. The firm took its present name on amalgamation with Merrimans in 1968 and subsequently acquired the practices of Ravenscroft Woodward and Co and Caprons and Crosse, both of which also had long antecedents in the private client field. The firm continues to expand and has recently acquired the private client practice of Bird and Bird" (http://www.mmandm.co.uk/index.html).

The North Thames Gas Board (1949-1973) was one of 12 Area Boards formed when the gas industry was nationalised in 1949, following the passing of the 1948 Gas Bill. It supplied an area of 1,059 square miles stretching from Bracknell, Marlow and High Wycombe to the south east coast of Essex.

When formed it was made up of a merger of 12 statutory gas undertakings:

Ascot and District Gas and Electricity Company,

Chertsey Gas Consumers Company;

Commercial Gas Company;

(Chartered) Gas Light and Coke Company;

Hornsey Gas Company;

Lea Bridge District Gas Company;

North Middlesex Gas Company;

Romford Gas Company;

Slough Gas and Coke Company;

Southend Corporation (Shoeburyness);

Uxbridge Gas Consumers Company and

Windsor Royal Gas Light Company.

The North Thames Gas Board was dissolved in 1973 when it became a region of the British Gas Corporation.

The Great Central Gas Consumers Company was founded in 1849. Consumers Gas Companies were usually set up in consequence of dissatisfaction with the existing suppliers, in this case the City of London Gas Light and Coke Company and the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company, which were both charging high amounts for their gas. According to the Act of Parliament which established the Company, it was obliged to sell gas at 4 shillings per 1000 cubic feet, and to take profits of 10 percent maximum. Any profit above 10 percent was to be put towards the reduction of prices. The Company had a gas works at Bow Common. In 1870 it was taken over by the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company.