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Comins, George, & Sons

Other Business Names:

  • Comins, George
  • Cheffins, Grain & Chalk
  • Cheffins, Grain & Comins

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

  • Burwell, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England
  • Ely, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England
  • Soham, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England

Sectors:

  • Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Livestock distribution inc droving & auctioneering
  • Property activities Property management services inc building & land surveying, estate agency & auctioneering

Notes:

Traced origins to 1856 when established at Ely by George Comins as auctioneers of live stock, household goods, agricultural machinery, etc. By 1872 auctioneering real estate. From 1887 known as George Comins & Sons. By 1940s had branches in Soham and Burwell. 1982, following retirement of Comins family, merged with Cheffins, Grain & Chalk to become Cheffins, Grain & Comins

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