Howardsgate Trust
From Graces Guide
of Welwyn Garden City
Trust formed by Ebenezer Howard to further his environmental aims, in particular to build Welwyn Garden City[1]
Possibly initially called Welwyn Garden City Ltd[2]
c.1940 Company incorporated (as a public company?).
Owned a department store in Welwyn Garden City and Welwyn Stores (1929) Ltd
1951 Established South Eastern Bakeries Ltd as a subsidiary[3]
1952 Acquired a majority interest in Cresta Silks Ltd[4]
1953 Danesbury Properties Ltd, a subsidiary, decided to sell a large area of land in the northern part of Welwyn Garden City[5]
1954 Trust was liquidated. The assets of the trust were sold to Garfield Weston's ABC Foods[6]; the shares in Cresta Silks were transferred to its managing director, Eric Crabtree[7].
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