W. H. Casebourne and Co
W H Casebourne and Co. Cement and plaster merchant of Leeds.
c1888 W. H. Casebourne and Co. was formed as a partnership between William Henry Casebourne (son of C. T. Casebourne, founder and managing director of Casebourne and Co Limited, cement manufacturers of West Hartlepool) and Francis Thomas Tristram (son of the chairman of said cement manufacturer). Cement and plaster merchant, 49 St Paul’s Street, Leeds.[1] Primarily formed as a sales agent for the West Hartlepool cement works, though they sold other materials from other sources. Tristram was already a director of Casebourne and Co Ltd., and we might imagine that this was also a personal development opportunity for the next generation of leaders of that company.
1890 W H Casebourne and Co., 49 St Paul’s Street, Leeds. Portland cement. Agents for Casebourne and Co Ltd of West Hartlepool (cement manufacturers) and John Howe of Carlisle (plaster manufacturer).[2]
1892 Partnership between William Henry Casebourne and Francis Thomas Tristram as cement and plaster merchants and commission agents at 49 St Paul’s Street, Leeds, trading as W H Casebourne and Co., dissolved 30 Jun 1892.[3] Casebourne left to pursue an opportunity to develop and manage a cement works in Madras, which he did successfully until his untimely death in 1895. The business in Yorkshire was continued by F T Tristram, still trading as W H Casebourne and Co.
1893 Directory entry - W. H. Casebourne and Co., of 49 St Paul’s Street, Leeds and City Road Goods Yard, Bradford. Dealers in Portland, parian, Keen’s, mastic, Scott’s and other cements, plaster of paris, laths, hair, lias lime, etc., and agent for Casebourne and Co., Limited cement manufacturers.[4] See also feature on W H Casebourne and Co. attached.
c1896 F. T. Tristram developed a gypsum quarry and plaster works at Hillam, a little to the east of Leeds, trading as Yorkshire Plaster Works. This product appears to have been sold by WHC and Co as Casebourne's Plaster.
c1896 W H Casebourne and Co. opened a branch in York, taking over the warehouse of George Benson and Son in Skeldergate. See advert attached.[5]
By 1897 Business had expanded to become more broadly a builders’ merchant. Address in Leeds now Harcourt Street, Grace Street, and in Bradford still the City Road Goods Yard.[6]
1897 F T Tristram appointed managing director of Casebourne and Co in succession to C T Casebourne. Thereafter responsibility and ownership of the Yorkshire sales outlets appears to have passed to the parent company.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Kelly’s Directory of Leeds 1888
- ↑ Advert; Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - 8 Nov 1890
- ↑ London Gazette – 29 Jun 1892
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Leeds, Sheffield and Rotherham 1893
- ↑ Advert, York Herald - 26 Sep 1896
- ↑ Yorkshire Evening Post - 20 Mar 1897 and Kelly’s Directory of West Riding, 1897