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 162,241 pages of information and 244,492 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.

Williams Hudson Group

From Graces Guide

1963 Merger of Samuel Williams and Sons and John Hudson Fuel and Shipping[1], parent company of John Hudson and Co and Hudson Steamship Co[2]. Renamed Williams Hudson Group.

1968 There were 24 companies in the group, all involved in "the business of better, faster handling and moving"[3]

1982 A petition to wind up the company was presented to the courts[4]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times June 20, 1963
  2. Oct. 31, 1962
  3. The Times Oct. 16, 1968
  4. The London Gazette 10 February 1982
  • A Company's Story in its setting - Samuel Williams and Sons 1855-1955