Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 1154342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,710 pages of information and 247,104 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.

Follett Charles Hennet

From Graces Guide
Revision as of 17:44, 4 February 2020 by PaulF (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

1835 Born in Brixton, Surrey, son of George Hennet, a civil engineer, and his wife Rosamund[1]

c.1857 Took charge of Hennet and Co., mechanical engineers, engaged in manufacture of railway plant, and engineering machinery generally.

1865 Hennet, Spink and Else closed and was replaced by Hennet and Spink

1867 of Bridgwater Ironworks, became an Associate of the Inst of Civil Engineers

1870 Hennet and Spink closed; sometime later Hennet and Co was set up and took over the Bridgwater Iron Works

1871 Fallett Hennett 35, mechanical engineer, lived in Burnham, Somerset, with Georgina W Hennett 35, Earnest E Hennett 6, Ada M Hennett 4, Maria B Hennett 2, William Hennett 1[2]

1873 Hennet and Co became Bridgwater Engineering Co; presumably around this time Follett left the company.

1891 Follett C Hennett 55, broker for public works, collieries, etc, lived in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire with Georgina W Hennett 55[3]

1893 Died in Llanelly[4]


See Also

Loading...

Sources of Information

  1. Parish records
  2. 1871 census
  3. 1891 census
  4. BMD
  • Civil engineer records