Griffin's Blue Lias Lime & Cement Works
Other Business Names:
- Griffin, William
- Greaves, Richard
- Griffin family
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Stockton, Warwickshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Non metallic mineral products manufacture
Cement, concrete, plaster & lime manufacture
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Extraction
Chalk, limestone & sandstone extraction
Notes:
Operating by 1841 when William Griffin, 1791-1861, leased limestone quarry and lime kilns. Soon selling lime under the Blue Lias label for major and prestigious building projects as distant as London. By 1850 owned by William Griffin and Richard Greaves. 1910 sold by Griffin family. A major local competitor was Greaves & Kirkshaw,later Greaves, Kirkshaw & Bull, later Greaves, Bull & Lakin
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Other Business Names:
- Griffin, William
- Greaves, Richard
- Griffin family
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Stockton, Warwickshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Non metallic mineral products manufacture Cement, concrete, plaster & lime manufacture
- Extraction Chalk, limestone & sandstone extraction