Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,367 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Borwick's

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1848.
January 1899.
Advertising sign.

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1892.
June 1911.
January 1919. Baking powder.
March 1921.
April 1922.
October 1925.
December 1927.
September 1928.
June 1933.
December 1934.

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October 1938.
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April 1946.
1947.

of London

1831 George Borwick, the founder of George Borwick and Sons married Jane Hudson, whose father gave them a formula for baking powder which they experimented at making for 11 years before selling the product.

c1853 George's son joined the business.

1864 A factory was set up in London to meet increasing demand for the product.

1885 The company began to sell their products from a market stall in Walthamstow.

1920-30s The product was sold in a shop on the High Street in Walthamstow.

2008 Borwick's baking powder is now manufactured and sold by Irish food manufacturing company, the Kerry Group.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  • Trademarked. A History of Well-Known Brands - from Aertex to Wright's Coal Tar by David Newton. Pub: Sutton Publishing 2008 ISBN 978-0-7509-4590-5