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 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.

George Borwick

From Graces Guide

George Borwick, of George Borwick and Sons

1831 George Borwick, the founder of George Borwick and Sons married Jane Hudson, whose father gave them a formula for baking powder which they experimented at making for 11 years before selling the product.

c1853 George's son joined the business.

1864 A factory was set up in London to meet increasing demand for the product.

1885 The company began to sell Borwick's products from a market stall in Walthamstow.


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