Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,669 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
of 36, Charlotte Street, Manchester.
Shipping Merchants
Incorporated as a Limited Company in 1894.
1914 Directors: Charles Summer Hoare (Chairman and Managing Director), Joseph Brodie Hoare (Managing Director), John Rankine Finlayson and Francis Dent. Secretary: Thomas R. Worthington. Successors to Thomas Ashton & Sons. Business: Shipping Merchants.
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