Cowell, W S, Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Cowell, S H
- Grampian Holdings Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Ipswich, Suffolk, Suffolk, East of England, England
Sectors:
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Publishing & printing
Other printing
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Publishing & printing
Stationery production
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Distribution - retailing
Stationery retailing
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Distribution - retailing
Wine, spirit, beer, etc, retailing
Notes:
Established 1818 by S H Cowell and developed as a jobbing printer and manufacturing stationer, specialising in particular in paper bags and wrapping paper. Emerged as a major East Anglian printing business with a London office by 1900. Incorporated 1900 as W S Cowell Ltd. Developed other businesses such as wine and spirit merchants and retail stationers. 1963 sold to Grampian Holdings Ltd. Sold on by them in 1980s and had largely disappeared by early 1990s
Publications:
- A Walk Through Our Works. A short account of a visit to the printing, stationery and bookbinding manufactory of S H Cowell, Ipswich; with illustrations of printing and its auxilliary processes by Unknown
- Press in the Butter Market. A camera study with introduction and historical notes by Ireland, Geoffrey
- Short History of the Premises Occupied by Cowells by Unknown
- W S Cowell Ltd, Ipswich. Historical notes by Hanson, Eric H
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Cowell, S H
- Grampian Holdings Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Ipswich, Suffolk, Suffolk, East of England, England
Sectors:
- Publishing & printing Other printing
- Publishing & printing Stationery production
- Distribution - retailing Stationery retailing
- Distribution - retailing Wine, spirit, beer, etc, retailing
Notes:
Established 1818 by S H Cowell and developed as a jobbing printer and manufacturing stationer, specialising in particular in paper bags and wrapping paper. Emerged as a major East Anglian printing business with a London office by 1900. Incorporated 1900 as W S Cowell Ltd. Developed other businesses such as wine and spirit merchants and retail stationers. 1963 sold to Grampian Holdings Ltd. Sold on by them in 1980s and had largely disappeared by early 1990sPublications:
- A Walk Through Our Works. A short account of a visit to the printing, stationery and bookbinding manufactory of S H Cowell, Ipswich; with illustrations of printing and its auxilliary processes by Unknown
- Press in the Butter Market. A camera study with introduction and historical notes by Ireland, Geoffrey
- Short History of the Premises Occupied by Cowells by Unknown
- W S Cowell Ltd, Ipswich. Historical notes by Hanson, Eric H