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 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.

First Garden City

From Graces Guide

First Garden City Ltd

1903 Company formed to acquire the land on which to build Letchworth Garden City, the first purpose designed garden city

1905 First general meeting held in London[1]

1963 1st January: the Letchworth Garden City Corporation was created to compulsory acquire the undertakings of First Garden City Limited.[2]

1966 Company put into voluntary liquidation[3]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Feb 10, 1905
  2. [1] Herts Archives
  3. The Times, Jan 07, 1966