Whiteway's
Whiteways of Whimple, Devon.
Makers of Cyder and British wine.
Cidrax and Peardrax brands, as well as Rougemont Castle wine
See Henry Whiteway and his sons
1898 H. Whiteway and Co., Growers and Makers, Whimple. Devon.[1]
1922 H. Whiteway and Co., Ltd. The Orchards, Whimple, Devon. Whiteways Cider.[2]
1934 'Cider Developments. Although Whiteways Cyder Co., Ltd., has been formed as a public concern to takeover the family business of Henry Whiteway and Co., Ltd., which was established in with an issued capital of £20,000, the Whiteway family retaining a considerable interest in the new company, and there will be no alteration in the management. The Devon cider business is domiciled at Whimple, where, on the Harbertonford Farm, cider has been manufactured for over years. Shares in the new undertaking will shortly offered privately to customers and employees.'[3]
1935 'Negotiations are now concluded whereby the firm of Whiteways Cyder Co., Ltd., are taking over on April 1 the extensive factories of Messrs. E. Hill and Sons, Staverton. It will be remembered that two years ago Whiteways purchased the whole of Henley and Sons Cyder Co.'s business in London, Newton Abbot, and Abbotskerswell, and Last year absorbed the extensive orchards and factory of Schweppes, of Hele, and ater of Hunt and Sons, Crabbs Park. With this further purchase from Hills their cyder factories and orchards are now the most important in Great Britain. It the intention of Whiteways to carry on the factories at Staverton in exactly the game way as in the past, and probably extend them considerably.'[4]
1937 In voluntary liquidation. '...Henry Whiteway and Co... held at the registered offices of Messrs. Whiteways Cyder Co. Ltd., Whimple, in the county of Devon...'[5]
1938 Ronald Whiteway of Whiteways Cyder Co.[6]
1961 Merger of Showerings, Vine Products and Whiteway's[7] to form Showerings, Vine Products and Whiteways.
1968 Acquired by Allied Breweries
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Morning Post - Saturday 14 May 1898
- ↑ The Bystander - Wednesday 14 June 1922
- ↑ Western Morning News - Thursday 24 May 1934
- ↑ Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Friday 15 March 1935
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:22 January 1937 Issue:34362 Page:510
- ↑ Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Friday 16 September 1938
- ↑ The Times Sept. 12, 1961