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Hickson, Lloyd and King
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of 109 Piccadilly, Manchester.
Wholesale warehousemen, merchants and manufacturers.
1666 Established by Thomas Townend as a fustian-cutting business. Later traded as Townend and Hickson and then Charles Hickson and Co.[1]
1856 Name changed to Hickson, Lloyd and King.[1]
1928 Incorporated as a Public Limited Company.[1]
1935 Acquired George Peak and Co.[2]
1937 Acquired Richardson, Tee, Rycroft and Co.[3]
1960 Acquired by Rylands and Sons.[4]
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