Norfolk Lavender Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Chilvers family
- Chilvers, Linn
- Dunsgate, Ginger
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Heacham, Norfolk, Norfolk, East of England, England
Sectors:
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Agriculture & fishing
Horticulture, nursery & market gardening
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Chemical production
Perfumes, cosmetics & toilet goods production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1874 when Chilvers family established a nursery garden at Heacham and Hunstanton on Norfolk coast. Became royal warrant holders. Business was inherited from his father by Linn Chilvers who in 1932 in partnership with Ginger Dunsgate started to grow lavender (for distillation as lavender oil). In c1936 started to produce lavender water and in 1941 the business was incorporated as Norfolk Lavender Ltd. Continues in 2015
Publications:
- Norfolk Lavender. England's lavender farm by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Chilvers family
- Chilvers, Linn
- Dunsgate, Ginger
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Heacham, Norfolk, Norfolk, East of England, England
Sectors:
- Agriculture & fishing Horticulture, nursery & market gardening
- Chemical production Perfumes, cosmetics & toilet goods production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1874 when Chilvers family established a nursery garden at Heacham and Hunstanton on Norfolk coast. Became royal warrant holders. Business was inherited from his father by Linn Chilvers who in 1932 in partnership with Ginger Dunsgate started to grow lavender (for distillation as lavender oil). In c1936 started to produce lavender water and in 1941 the business was incorporated as Norfolk Lavender Ltd. Continues in 2015Publications:
- Norfolk Lavender. England's lavender farm by Unknown