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France Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Fenwick, Stobart & Co Ltd
  • France, William, & Co Ltd
  • Pelly, H C, & Co
  • France, William, Fenwick & Co Ltd
  • Jessel Securities Ltd
  • Lawson Batey Tugs Ltd

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

  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, North East, England

Sectors:

  • Transport services Ship towage, lighterage, stevedoring, etc, services

Notes:

Traced origins to 1901 when established by Fenwick, Stobart & Co Ltd of Sunderland through merger of William France & Co Ltd, which it owned, and H C Pelly & Co to form William France, Fenwick & Co Ltd. 1918 reorganised as France Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd. Grew by numerous acquisitions. 1968 acquired by Jessel Securities Ltd who, when in difficulties in 1977, sold it to Lawson Batey Tugs Ltd

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