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 162,257 pages of information and 244,499 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.

John Cooke and Sons

From Graces Guide
February 1899.

of Lindum Works, Lincoln. Maker of ploughs

1852 Established by John Cooke

1881 Employing 36 persons.[1]

1887 Frank Cooke took over the running of the business on the death of his father John

1922 Employees: 110. Principal: Frank Cooke

1922 On the death of Frank the company was run by his sons Sydney Frank Cooke and Horace Noel Cooke

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. 1881 Census
  • Ploughs, Chaff Cutters and Steam Engines. Edited by Ken Redmore – Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. Published 2007. ISBN 978 0 903582 308.