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Kings & Co Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • King, Henry
  • Southern, William
  • Spence & King
  • King, Turner & Co
  • King, Turner & Peach

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

  • Hull, City of Kingston upon Hull, Humberside, Yorkshire & the Humber, England

Sectors:

  • Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Building products distribution inc builders' merchants
  • Construction Building services installation inc electricity, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, etc
  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Hand inc edge tool production
  • Distribution - retailing Ironmongery, tools, holloware, hardware, etc, retailing
  • Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Ironmongery, tools, holloware, hardware, stoves, grates, etc, distribution

Notes:

Established 1744 by Henry King through acquisition of planemaking business of William Southern. Emerged as leading plane and other hand tool makers and wholesale and retail ironmongers. Traded variously as Spence & King, King, Turner & Co, King, Turner & Peach, etc. Started large fireplace distribution business from 1860. Incorporated 1881. 20th century carried on important business as electrical and heating engineers, wholesale and retail ironmongers, fireplace distributors, constructional engineers, etc

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