Hills, F, & Sons Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Hills, Francis
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Stockton on Tees, Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, North East, England
- Yarm, Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, North East, England
Sectors:
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Transport equipment production
Airframe production & repair
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Wood, straw, etc, products manufacture
Other wood products manufacture
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Timber & timber products distribution inc timber merchants
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Wood, straw, etc, products manufacture
Wood sawing inc sawyers
Notes:
Traced origins to 1849 when established by Francis Hills, d1886, as a joinery business with saw mill at Yarm. Initially made products largely for local mining industry. Incorporated 1921. 1920s started timber importing. 1933 large joinery works built at Stockton on Tees to make builders' joinery especially windows and doors. From late 1930s manufactured plywood for aircraft construction and also small numbers of aircraft.
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Other Business Names:
- Hills, Francis
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Stockton on Tees, Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, North East, England
- Yarm, Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, North East, England
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Airframe production & repair
- Wood, straw, etc, products manufacture Other wood products manufacture
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Timber & timber products distribution inc timber merchants
- Wood, straw, etc, products manufacture Wood sawing inc sawyers