Swain and Co
of King Street East, Stockport, Newspaper Proprietors, Publishers and General Printers
1822 Established by James Lomax.
Published the "Stockport Advertiser"
1888 Incorporated as a Limited Company
1894 Editor and General Manager: William Astle
By 1914 the business had extended to eight weekly newspapers, covering a large portion of Cheshire, and one daily newspaper, "The Cheshire Daily Echo"