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Lepard & Smiths Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Lepard, William
  • Applegarth & Smith
  • Lepard Smith & Lepard

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

  • Southwark, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
  • Watford, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, East of England, England

Sectors:

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

Notes:

Traced origins to 1837 when established by William Lepard, 1735-1805, in Tooley St, Southwark, as a stationer. By 1780 also a papermaker at Hamper Mill, near Watford. 1798 stationery and papermaking activities separated, but remained closely associated, when London business renamed Applegarth & Smith. From c1790s renamed Lepard Smith & Lepard. Latterly wholesale stationers and paper merchants. 1874 businesses reunited but papermaking discontinued 1879. Incorporated 1891 as Lepards & Smiths Ltd. Continued as paper merchants until recent years

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