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Bentley Piano Co

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of Woodchester Mill, Stroud

See Stroud Piano Co

1938 BENTLEY PIANO CO., LTD. Woodchester Mills, Woodchester, Glos.[1]

1941 Stroud Piano Company, Woodchester Mills. Stroud.[2]

1969 Richard Steele Grover. Chairman and Managing Director.[3]

1986 'THE BENTLEY PIANO CO LTD Successors to GROVER & GROVER Founded 1830 Family tradition over five generations Woodchester Stroud Glos GL5 5NW'[4]


Notes on Woodchester Mill

  • 1889 William Elliott, trading as Elliott and Co., St. Ringer's Court, Woodchester Mills, near Stroud, woollen cloth manufacturer.[5]
  • 1912 Gladman and Co, Piano Works, Woodchester Mills, Stroud.[6][7]
  • 1939 Perkins and Marmont, Ltd., pin manufacturers, of Woodchester Mills.[8]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Gloucester Citizen - Wednesday 14 September 1938
  2. ↑ Gloucester Citizen - Friday 03 January 1941
  3. ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - Wednesday 01 January 1969
  4. ↑ Walsall Observer - Friday 10 October 1986
  5. ↑ Gloucester Citizen - Saturday 31 August 1889
  6. ↑ Gloucester Citizen - Monday 22 April 1912
  7. ↑ Gloucester Citizen - Monday 08 July 1912
  8. ↑ Gloucester Citizen - Saturday 13 May 1939
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