of Albion Street, Leeds, motor car dealer and motor engineer.
of Harrogate
1919 Company founded by John Ernest Appleyard
1923 Became private company: Appleyard of Leeds Ltd.
1926 Capt. J. E. Appleyard, the Leeds motor agent, made a lengthy visit to the United States and Canada.[1]
1949 Appleyards purchased Steele and Cowlishaw
1957 Name changed to Appleyard Group of Companies Ltd
1958 Baker, Perkins purchased Steele and Cowlishaw .
1961 Motor engineers, distributors for the Nuffield Organization, Jaguar, Armstrong Siddeley, Daimler and Lanchester cars. Coachbuilders. Agricultural engineers. 900 employees. [2]
1968 Group consisted of -
- Appleyard of Leeds
- Automobile Centre
- Glovers of Harrogate
- Glovers Farm Services
- Appleyard Farm Services
- Appleyard of Huddersfield
- Appleyard Fuel Service
- Appleyard of Bradford
- Appleyard of Whetherby
- Appleyard Commercial Vehicles
- Appleyard Finance
- Appleyard Contract Hire
- L.B.H. Properties
- Smart and Botty
- Glovers of Ripon
- Appleyard (Hoyland)
- Appleyard Coachbuilders
- E. Nash and Co
c.1997 Acquired by Jardine Motors Group; certain subsidiaries, representing Scania, Reliable Vehicles and Union Trucks, were acquired by Scania[3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Commercial Motor 26 April 1926
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ Commercial Motor 26 March 1998