Crosse & Blackwell Ltd
Other Business Names:
- West & Wyatt
- Crosse, Edmund
- Blackwell, Thomas
- Nestle Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Branston, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England
- Soho, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Food & tobacco processing
Condiments, sauces & soups production
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Food & tobacco processing
Food canning & bottling
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Food & tobacco processing
Fruit & vegetables processing & preserving
Notes:
Traced origins to 1706. Early on traded as West & Wyatt. 1830s acquired by Edmund Crosse and Thomas Blackwell. Developed into a major food processing business in particular selling canned, dried and bottled vegetables and fruits, jams, sauces, pickles, etc, made in very large factories in Soho. Made innovative use of advertising and marketing methods. Incorporated 1892 when still led by Crosse and Blackwell families. For long based in Soho area of central London. 1922 relocated to Branston, Staffordshire. c1837 royal warrant holders. 1960 acquired by Nestle when had 11 factories. Sold in 2002. Brand continues
Publications:
- Crimscott Street. A personal memoir of Crosse & Blackwell in the 1950s by Metcalfe, Colin
- Crosse & Blackwell, 1706-1910. A bundle of old letters by Unknown
- Crosse & Blackwell, 1830-1921. A British food manufacturer in London's West End by Jeffries, Nigel, with Lyn Blackmore & David Sorapure
- 'Establishment of Crosse & Blackwell, sauce and pickle manufacturers, Soho Square, London' in H Mayhew (ed), Shops and Companies of London by Mayhew, Henry
- How I bore my Crosse & Blackwell by Lesser Columbus (pseud)
- Past preserves. Excavating Crosse & Blackwell by Catling, Chris
- Two Centuries of Soho. Its institutions, firms and amusements by Cardwell, J H, et al
- 'Vinegar and sugar. The early history of factory made jams, pickles and sauces' in D J Oddy & A Drouard (eds), Food Industries of Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by Atkins, Peter J
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- West & Wyatt
- Crosse, Edmund
- Blackwell, Thomas
- Nestle Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Branston, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England
- Soho, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Food & tobacco processing Condiments, sauces & soups production
- Food & tobacco processing Food canning & bottling
- Food & tobacco processing Fruit & vegetables processing & preserving
Notes:
Traced origins to 1706. Early on traded as West & Wyatt. 1830s acquired by Edmund Crosse and Thomas Blackwell. Developed into a major food processing business in particular selling canned, dried and bottled vegetables and fruits, jams, sauces, pickles, etc, made in very large factories in Soho. Made innovative use of advertising and marketing methods. Incorporated 1892 when still led by Crosse and Blackwell families. For long based in Soho area of central London. 1922 relocated to Branston, Staffordshire. c1837 royal warrant holders. 1960 acquired by Nestle when had 11 factories. Sold in 2002. Brand continuesPublications:
- Crimscott Street. A personal memoir of Crosse & Blackwell in the 1950s by Metcalfe, Colin
- Crosse & Blackwell, 1706-1910. A bundle of old letters by Unknown
- Crosse & Blackwell, 1830-1921. A British food manufacturer in London's West End by Jeffries, Nigel, with Lyn Blackmore & David Sorapure
- 'Establishment of Crosse & Blackwell, sauce and pickle manufacturers, Soho Square, London' in H Mayhew (ed), Shops and Companies of London by Mayhew, Henry
- How I bore my Crosse & Blackwell by Lesser Columbus (pseud)
- Past preserves. Excavating Crosse & Blackwell by Catling, Chris
- Two Centuries of Soho. Its institutions, firms and amusements by Cardwell, J H, et al
- 'Vinegar and sugar. The early history of factory made jams, pickles and sauces' in D J Oddy & A Drouard (eds), Food Industries of Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by Atkins, Peter J