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 164,992 pages of information and 246,457 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.

Rowland Hill (1848-1930)

From Graces Guide

Rowland Hill (1848-1930) of the company Rowland Hill and of Rowland Hill and Sons

1848 Born in Coventry

1881 Living at 1 Hearsall Terrace, Coventry: Rowland Hill (age 33 born Coventry), a Watchmaker employing 50 men. with his wife Amy Jane Hill (age 27 born Coventry) and their two children Percy Rowland Hill (age 4 born Coventry) and Evelyn Amy Hill (age 1 born Coventry), also his sister Emily Hill (age 35 born Coventry). Three servants.[1]

1891 Rowland Hill 43, watch manufacturer, employer, lived in Coventry with Amy J Hill 36, Evelyn A Hill 11[2]

1898 Chairman of Beeston Motor Co

1901 Rowland Hill 53, mechanical engineer, iron and brass founder, employer, lived in Coventry with Amy J Hill 47, Percy R Hill 24, mechanical engineer, works manager, employer, Evelyn A Hill 21[3]


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Sources of Information

  1. 1881 Census
  2. 1891 census
  3. 1901 census