Boulton & Paul Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Moore, William
- Boulton, William S
- Paul, Dawson
- Boulton, W S, & Co
- British Electric Traction Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Norwich, Norfolk, Norfolk, East of England, England
Sectors:
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Transport equipment production
Airframe production & repair
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Metal casting
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Wood, straw, etc, products manufacture
Other wood products manufacture
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Transport equipment production
Small craft building & repairing exc ships
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Structural metal products manufacture inc prefabricated buildings, bridges, gasholders, etc
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Wire products inc rope manufacture
Notes:
Traced origins to William Moore who established a retail ironmonger's business at Norwich in 1797. William S Boulton joined as partner in 1844. 1864 acquired a foundry and started to manufacture wide variety of articles including wire netting from 1867. 1869 Dawson Paul, formerly works manager, appointed partner and business renamed W S Boulton & Co. Paul sole proprietor from 1879. 1897 incorporated and public company in 1906. By then producing wire products, especially wire netting, wooden products, especially prefabricated buildings, foundry products, structural steelwork and, briefly, motor boats. 1914-18 made aircraft on large scale and continued to do so in peacetime until sold to Boulton & Paul Aircraft Ltd in 1934. Sometime acquired by British Electric Traction Co Ltd (BET) and sold by them to management in 1993
Publications:
- Boulton & Paul Ltd and the Great War by Ffiske, William H
- 'Boulton & Paul Ltd' in J Gurney-Read, Trades and Industries of Norwich by Gurney-Read, Joyce
- House of Boulton & Paul Ltd, Norwich by Unknown
- The Leaf and the Tree, 1947-1962. a story of expansion by Unknown
- The Leaf and the Tree. The story of Boulton & Paul, 1797-1947. A story of expansion, 1947-1962 by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Moore, William
- Boulton, William S
- Paul, Dawson
- Boulton, W S, & Co
- British Electric Traction Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Norwich, Norfolk, Norfolk, East of England, England
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Airframe production & repair
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal casting
- Wood, straw, etc, products manufacture Other wood products manufacture
- Transport equipment production Small craft building & repairing exc ships
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Structural metal products manufacture inc prefabricated buildings, bridges, gasholders, etc
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Wire products inc rope manufacture
Notes:
Traced origins to William Moore who established a retail ironmonger's business at Norwich in 1797. William S Boulton joined as partner in 1844. 1864 acquired a foundry and started to manufacture wide variety of articles including wire netting from 1867. 1869 Dawson Paul, formerly works manager, appointed partner and business renamed W S Boulton & Co. Paul sole proprietor from 1879. 1897 incorporated and public company in 1906. By then producing wire products, especially wire netting, wooden products, especially prefabricated buildings, foundry products, structural steelwork and, briefly, motor boats. 1914-18 made aircraft on large scale and continued to do so in peacetime until sold to Boulton & Paul Aircraft Ltd in 1934. Sometime acquired by British Electric Traction Co Ltd (BET) and sold by them to management in 1993Publications:
- Boulton & Paul Ltd and the Great War by Ffiske, William H
- 'Boulton & Paul Ltd' in J Gurney-Read, Trades and Industries of Norwich by Gurney-Read, Joyce
- House of Boulton & Paul Ltd, Norwich by Unknown
- The Leaf and the Tree, 1947-1962. a story of expansion by Unknown
- The Leaf and the Tree. The story of Boulton & Paul, 1797-1947. A story of expansion, 1947-1962 by Unknown