E. B. Mitchell
From Graces Guide
of 21 Beaufort Street and 1-3 Hulbert Street, Easton, Bristol
Self-raising flour makers.
1890 Company founded by Edwin Buller Mitchell (1849-1925).[1]
1901 Business incorporated as 'Mitchell Diadem Flour Co Ltd', 1 January.[2][3]
1925 Death of Managing Director; succeeded by his son Sidney A. Mitchell (1881-1939).[4]
1939 Death of Managing Director;[5][6] succeeded by his brother, Herbert A. Mitchell (1884-1960). Herbert's son, Pilot Officer Geoffrey B. Mitchell, was killed in action in Holland on the 9th of November[7]
c. 1970 The factory, along with all of the surrounding streets, was demolished to clear the site for use as a playing field for Easton Primary School.[8]
1973 Company dissolved.[9]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Western Daily Press, 2 September 1922.
- ↑ London Gazette, 19 January 1973
- ↑ Mason, C., 2012, Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment of Easton Primary School, Beaufort Road, Easton, Bristol and Region Archaeological Services, report no. 2718/2012, Bristol, 4
- ↑ Western Daily Press, 29 May 1939
- ↑ Western Daily Press, 29 May 1939
- ↑ Bristol Evening Post, 29 May 1939
- ↑ Western Daily Press, 7 December 1939
- ↑ Mason, C., 2012, Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment of Easton Primary School, Beaufort Road, Easton, Bristol and Region Archaeological Services, report no. 2718/2012, Bristol, 5
- ↑ London Gazette, 19 January 1973