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Whittingham, John

Other Business Names:

  • Whittingham, Charles

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Coventry, Coventry, West Midlands, West Midlands, England

Sectors:

  • Agriculture & fishing Horticulture, nursery & market gardening
  • Agriculture & fishing Seed growing & breeding

Notes:

John Whittingham, c1722-c81, was a market gardener, nurseryman, seedsman and farmer in the Coventry area. From the late 1750s he produced large quantities of trees for Capability Brown and local estates as well as ones further afield. Business inherited by his son, Charles

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