Headley Brothers Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Headley, Herbert
- Headley, Burgess
- Invicta Press
- Headley Brothers Publishers Ltd
- Swarthmore Press
- Kent Examiner & Ashford Chronicle
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Ashford, Kent, Kent, South East, England
Sectors:
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Publishing & printing
Newspaper & periodical publishing
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Publishing & printing
Other printing
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Distribution - retailing
Stationery retailing
Notes:
Established 1881 by Herbert and Burgess Headley and otherwise known as Invicta Press. Early on printed paper bags, bill heads, circulars for local traders, etc. Established 1883 a stationery retailing business. Early on an innovative printer. Diversified into book publishing which from 1908 was carried on in London by Headley Brothers Publishers Ltd (Swarthmore Press). Printing business incorporated in c1950. From 1970s diversified into printing of magazines. Burgess Headley established in c1883 Kent Examiner & Ashford Chronicle. Continues in family ownership
Publications:
- Headley Brothers Ltd, 1881-1981. 100 years of the Invicta Press by Unknown
- Hundred and Ten Year History of the Invicta Press by Pitt, Stephen H
- Seventy Five Years of Progress by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Headley, Herbert
- Headley, Burgess
- Invicta Press
- Headley Brothers Publishers Ltd
- Swarthmore Press
- Kent Examiner & Ashford Chronicle
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Ashford, Kent, Kent, South East, England
Sectors:
- Publishing & printing Newspaper & periodical publishing
- Publishing & printing Other printing
- Distribution - retailing Stationery retailing
Notes:
Established 1881 by Herbert and Burgess Headley and otherwise known as Invicta Press. Early on printed paper bags, bill heads, circulars for local traders, etc. Established 1883 a stationery retailing business. Early on an innovative printer. Diversified into book publishing which from 1908 was carried on in London by Headley Brothers Publishers Ltd (Swarthmore Press). Printing business incorporated in c1950. From 1970s diversified into printing of magazines. Burgess Headley established in c1883 Kent Examiner & Ashford Chronicle. Continues in family ownershipPublications:
- Headley Brothers Ltd, 1881-1981. 100 years of the Invicta Press by Unknown
- Hundred and Ten Year History of the Invicta Press by Pitt, Stephen H
- Seventy Five Years of Progress by Unknown