Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,260 pages of information and 244,501 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.

Cornelius Whitehouse and Sons

From Graces Guide

of Cannock Edge Tool Works, Cannock, Staffordshire. Telephone: Cannock 4. Telegraphic Address: "Tools, Cannock"

Successor to C. Whitehouse

1937 Listed Exhibitor British Industries Fair. Augers, Axes, Braces, Bits; Bricklayers', Blacksmiths', Butchers', Carpenters' Contractors' colliery, Miners' and Garden Tools. Hooks, Hammers, Hoes, Chisels, Handles, slashers, Trowels, Vices, Cramps, Wedges, Adzes, Hatchets, Forks, Spades, Shovels, Picks, Mattocks, Rakes, Parangs**. (Stand No. A.727) [1]

1943 Patent - Improvements in handle sockets of hand tools and in means for securing the handles therein. [2]

1956 Patent - Improvements relating to silage knives or hay knives. [3]

1960 Patent - Improvements relating to slashers or brushing hooks. [4]

1967 Cornelius Whitehouse and Sons (1963) Ltd was in voluntary liquidation[5]

2006 Footprint Tools bought the machinery, stock and order book of Whitehouse, the Midlands based hammer Manufacturer.


Note: **

  • Parang - A heavy Malay knife. [6]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1937 British Industries Fair p433
  2. [1] Wikipatents
  3. [2] Wikipatents
  4. [3] Wikipatents
  5. London Gazette 6 October 1967
  6. Chambers English Dictionary