Cave, Edward J, builder
Other Business Names:
- Middlesex Building Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Construction
Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
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Property activities
Residential property development & management
Notes:
Edward Jarvis Cave, 1840-1923, started out as a jobbing artisan and in early 1860s built his first house in Kensington. By 1870s building rows of shops in Kings Cross, etc, for his own account and by 1880s well established as a builder, speculative developer and property owner. Subsequently built substantial blocks of flats in north London. 1900 bankrupt (never discharged) but resumed with his sons and other relatives, a vehicle of their's being Middlesex Building Co Ltd
Publications:
- 'A very large speculator in building'. The double life of E J Cave by Watson, Isobel
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Middlesex Building Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Construction Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
- Property activities Residential property development & management
Notes:
Edward Jarvis Cave, 1840-1923, started out as a jobbing artisan and in early 1860s built his first house in Kensington. By 1870s building rows of shops in Kings Cross, etc, for his own account and by 1880s well established as a builder, speculative developer and property owner. Subsequently built substantial blocks of flats in north London. 1900 bankrupt (never discharged) but resumed with his sons and other relatives, a vehicle of their's being Middlesex Building Co LtdPublications:
- 'A very large speculator in building'. The double life of E J Cave by Watson, Isobel