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 167,645 pages of information and 247,064 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.

Lloyds Ironstone Co

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Lloyd's Ironstone Co

c.1910 A small iron works was established at Corby

1918 Samuel Lloyd, the chairman of the company, died[1]

c.1918/9 The company was acquired by Alfred Hickman[2]

Operated blast furnaces on the iron-ore field at Corby

1920 Stewarts and Lloyds acquired the subsidiary of Alfred Hickman Ltd, Lloyds Ironstone Company, Ltd.

Further blast furnaces were erected on adjoining properties when these were acquired, eventually becoming the Stewarts and Lloyds steel works at Corby.


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Sources of Information

  1. Nottingham Journal 11 July 1918
  2. The Times, May 13, 1936