Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Coleman and Co

From Graces Guide

of Wincarnis Works, Lower Westwick Street, Norwich

1881 Established by William Coleman.

1882 Liebig's Extract

1887 Incorporated as a Limited Company.

1897 The company was registered on 16 November, to acquire a business of manufacturers of extract of meat and malt wine. [1]

1914 Directors: William O. Snelling, J. W. Sewell, G. J. Buxton, W. I. Simpson, and W. B. Girling. Secretary: W. J. Brackenbury. General Manager: William Rudderham. Premises: Extensive factory at Norwich. Staff: About 400.


By 1981 Coleman and Co was a subsidiary of Reckitt and Colman[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  2. Reckitt and Colman annual report 1981