Kay and Backhouse
of Fossbridge, York.
Agricultural Engineers
Established 1890.
1901 Partnership change. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, Thomas Backhouse, William James Whitworth, and John Lawson Stark, carrying on business as Agricultural Implement Makers and Agents, Ironmongers, Blacksmiths, and Agricultural Engineers, at Number 30, Fossgate, and upon premises formerly known as the Walmgate Saw Mills, both in the city of York, and at Long Marston, in the county of York, under the style or firm of " Kay and Backhouse," has this day been dissolved by mutual consent, so far as regards the said John Lawson Stark, who retires from the firm...'[1]
Incorporated 1916.
1922 Capital £12,000. Managing Director W. J. Whitworth. Directors: W. J. Whitworth M. L. Whitworth and Sir R. N. Kay. Secretary Geo. Chapman. Specialities.— Makers of turnip drills with Atkinson ridgers for level work. Distributors of the leading makes of agricultural machinery.