Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Gowans and Wilson

From Graces Guide

of Berwick-upon-Tweed

1880 Liquidation. '...Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by Arthur Byram Gowan and John Paul Wilson, of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in the county of the borough and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Ship Builders, trading as Copartners, under the firm of Gowan and Wilson...'[1]

1881 'At a meeting of the Berwick Harbour Commissioners yesterday, the shipbuilding yard which has been untenanted since the failure of Messrs Gowans and Wilson two years ago, was let to Messrs Allan and Co., Leith'[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. The London Gazette Publication date:23 November 1880 Issue:24905 Page:6081
  2. Shields Daily Gazette - Thursday 10 February 1881