Old Radnor Lime Roadstone & General Trading Co Ltd

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  • Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Building products distribution inc builders' merchants
  • Non metallic mineral products manufacture Cement, concrete, plaster & lime manufacture
  • Non metallic mineral products manufacture Cement, concrete, plaster, alabaster & artificial stone products manufacture
  • Extraction Chalk, limestone & sandstone extraction
  • Extraction General stone extraction

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Established 1875 by Charles Chambers as Old Radnor Lime, Roadstone & General Trading Co Ltd to develop limestone quarries and lime burning plant of Sir G F Lewis Bt and in the process revive the fortunes of the Kington & Eardisley Railway. 1900 changed name to Old Radnor Trading Co Ltd. Became noted for manufacture of precast concrete products for building industry. Established a network of depots in the Welsh border towns and was of significant local importance. Ceased to trade 1974

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