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 166,274 pages of information and 246,583 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.

Y. J. Lovell and Son

From Graces Guide

Y. J. Lovell plc

1911 Young James Lovell of Marlow, partner in Y J Lovell and Son, died[1]

1938 Company incorporated

1939 Y J Lovell and Sons, a private company of Gerrards Cross, was listed as having been recently formed[2]

1961 Company in voluntary liquidation

After this the company seems to have continued in many different forms, including Lovell Construction

1968 Company made public[3]

1996 The Y L Lovell company had won the sixth largest amount of Lottery-funded construction work[4]

(1996 Became Locke and Soares)

1999 Y J Lovell (Holdings) plc had subsidiaries including:[5]

Subsequently renamed YJL plc


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Sources of Information

  1. The London Gazette 19 April 1912
  2. The Times Jan. 5, 1939
  3. The Times Mar. 3, 1969
  4. The Times May 28, 1996
  5. 1998 Annual report
  • Companies house filings