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Hayes, Henry, & Son

Other Business Names:

  • Hayes, John
  • Scotgate Works

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

  • London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
  • Peterborough, City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England
  • Stamford, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England

Sectors:

  • Transport equipment production Horse drawn & hand pulled vehicle & components production
  • Transport equipment production Motor vehicle bodies production inc trailers, caravans, etc

Notes:

Established c1825 by Henry Hayes, 1798-1871, then a wheelwright. Emerged as leading carriage and waggon builders at Scotgate Works, Stamford. Had branches at Peterborough and London. Developed especially under Henry's son, John, 1821-1916. Sometime builders to the Prince of Wales. Made ammunition carts 1914-18, and latterly bodied motor vehicles. Closed 1924

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