Honnors Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Honnor, Alfred
- Styles Bros
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Maidstone, Kent, Kent, South East, England
Sectors:
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Agricultural goods distribution inc agricultural merchants & seedsmen
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Food & tobacco processing
Animal feed production
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Food & tobacco processing
Grain milling inc flour, starch & glucose products
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Distribution - retailing
Mail order & catalogue retailing
Notes:
Traced origins to 1890 when Alfred Honnor, d1934, established a corn, coal and seed merchant's business through acquisition of Styles Bros. From 1900 published annual catalogues distributed to gardeners, nurserymen, smallholders and farmers. Did a retail and wholesale business. By 1920s diversified into cleaning, crushing and grist milling, into production of poultry and dog food, and also into dealing in foods for human consumption - flour, egg powder, chillies, etc. 1980s closed various activities and latterly continued as a pet products retailer and property business
Publications:
- Honnors. A century full circle. A Maidstone corn and seed merchant's story by Proctor, Molly G
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Honnor, Alfred
- Styles Bros
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Maidstone, Kent, Kent, South East, England
Sectors:
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Agricultural goods distribution inc agricultural merchants & seedsmen
- Food & tobacco processing Animal feed production
- Food & tobacco processing Grain milling inc flour, starch & glucose products
- Distribution - retailing Mail order & catalogue retailing
Notes:
Traced origins to 1890 when Alfred Honnor, d1934, established a corn, coal and seed merchant's business through acquisition of Styles Bros. From 1900 published annual catalogues distributed to gardeners, nurserymen, smallholders and farmers. Did a retail and wholesale business. By 1920s diversified into cleaning, crushing and grist milling, into production of poultry and dog food, and also into dealing in foods for human consumption - flour, egg powder, chillies, etc. 1980s closed various activities and latterly continued as a pet products retailer and property businessPublications:
- Honnors. A century full circle. A Maidstone corn and seed merchant's story by Proctor, Molly G