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Carlisle Plaster & Cement Co Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Robinson, Joseph, & Co Ltd
  • Howe, John, & Co Ltd
  • Long Meg Plaster Co
  • Gotham Co Ltd
  • Carlisle Plaster & Cement Co
  • Lonsdale Brick & Tile Works
  • British Plaster Board Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Carlisle, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England

Sectors:

  • Non metallic mineral products manufacture Brick & roof & floor tile production inc associated clay products
  • Non metallic mineral products manufacture Cement, concrete, plaster & lime manufacture
  • Extraction Chalk, limestone & sandstone extraction

Notes:

Established in 1911 to acquire Joseph Robinson & Co Ltd of Knothill, John Howe & Co Ltd of Cocklakes and Long Meg Plaster Co of Lazonby. 1918 business sold to Gotham Co Ltd and was carried on as Carlisle Plaster & Cement Co with works at Cocklakes, Cotehill and Kirkby Thore. Acquired, inter alia, Lonsdale Brick & Tile Works in 1930 and started brickmaking. 1935 Gotham Co Ltd acquired by British Plaster Board Ltd

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