Chivers & Sons Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Chivers, Stephen
- Schweppes Ltd
- Chivers Hartley
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Histon, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England
Sectors:
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Food & tobacco processing
Food canning & bottling
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Food & tobacco processing
Fruit & vegetables processing & preserving
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Metal packaging inc cans production
Notes:
Traced origins to Stephen Chivers, a farmer who acquired an orchard in the 1850s. Started jam production in 1873 and soon after diversified into other foods such as mincemeat and lemonade. Developed into a major food processing, especially conserve production, business. Introduced innovative canning technology and in 1895 Europe's first large scale canning enterprise. Incorporated 1901. 1959 acquired by Schweppes Ltd and subsequently known as Chivers Hartley
Publications:
- A model fruit farm industry by Unknown
- All in a garden fair. A visit to the fruit farms and factory of Chivers & Sons Ltd by Pentagon
- Another Chapter in the History of Chivers & Sons Ltd, 1939-1949 by Unknown
- Benevolent Capitalists? A study of paternalist authority in an industrial firm by Burian, Susanna
- Canning and Can Making at Histon by Oates, Kenneth
- Chivers Centenary Number. Chivers Centenary, 1873-1973 by Unknown
- Chivers Handbook. For the use of employees by Unknown
- 'Chivers' in W H Beable, Romance of Great Businesses, Volume 2 by Beable, William H
- Chivers Through the Ages, 1873-1998. Chivers Hartley 125th anniversary garden party by Unknown
- Farms of Messrs Chivers & Sons Ltd, Histon, Cambridgeshire by Mansfield, W S
- For Your Information by Unknown
- Growth and Development of a Family Firm. Chivers of Histon, 1873-1939 by Horridge, Glenn K
- Souvenir of the Orchard Factory, Histon, Cambridgeshire by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Chivers, Stephen
- Schweppes Ltd
- Chivers Hartley
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Histon, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England
Sectors:
- Food & tobacco processing Food canning & bottling
- Food & tobacco processing Fruit & vegetables processing & preserving
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal packaging inc cans production
Notes:
Traced origins to Stephen Chivers, a farmer who acquired an orchard in the 1850s. Started jam production in 1873 and soon after diversified into other foods such as mincemeat and lemonade. Developed into a major food processing, especially conserve production, business. Introduced innovative canning technology and in 1895 Europe's first large scale canning enterprise. Incorporated 1901. 1959 acquired by Schweppes Ltd and subsequently known as Chivers HartleyPublications:
- A model fruit farm industry by Unknown
- All in a garden fair. A visit to the fruit farms and factory of Chivers & Sons Ltd by Pentagon
- Another Chapter in the History of Chivers & Sons Ltd, 1939-1949 by Unknown
- Benevolent Capitalists? A study of paternalist authority in an industrial firm by Burian, Susanna
- Canning and Can Making at Histon by Oates, Kenneth
- Chivers Centenary Number. Chivers Centenary, 1873-1973 by Unknown
- Chivers Handbook. For the use of employees by Unknown
- 'Chivers' in W H Beable, Romance of Great Businesses, Volume 2 by Beable, William H
- Chivers Through the Ages, 1873-1998. Chivers Hartley 125th anniversary garden party by Unknown
- Farms of Messrs Chivers & Sons Ltd, Histon, Cambridgeshire by Mansfield, W S
- For Your Information by Unknown
- Growth and Development of a Family Firm. Chivers of Histon, 1873-1939 by Horridge, Glenn K
- Souvenir of the Orchard Factory, Histon, Cambridgeshire by Unknown