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Grosvenor Chater & Co Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Grosvenor, Robert
  • Charter, Eliezer
  • Welles Grosvenor & Chater
  • Abbey Mill
  • Glory Mill

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

  • High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, South East, England
  • Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales, Wales
  • London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England

Sectors:

  • Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Paper & stationery distribution
  • Paper & paper products manufacture Paper production inc wood pulp
  • Publishing & printing Stationery production

Notes:

Traced origins to c1690 when acted as a wholesale stationer by 1730 supplying, inter alia, the Bank of England. Established by Robert Grosvenor. 1790 Eliezer Chater became a partner in what was then known as Welles Grosvenor & Chater. From c1830s Stationery Office a major customer. Established papemaking at Abbey Mill, Greenfield, Holyhead, in 1854 and Glory Mill, High Wycombe, in 1859. Latter closed 1894. Incorporated 1889. 1947 established a stationery factory. Moved headquarters to St Albans 1977. 1970s diversified into paper merchanting. Closed Abbey Mill 1982. Wound up 1990s

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