EAW000904 ENGLAND (1946). The Universal Grinding Wheel Company Ltd, Doxey, from the north-east, 1946

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Title	[EAW000904] The Universal Grinding Wheel Company Ltd, Doxey, from the north-east, 1946
Reference	EAW000904
Date	29-May-1946
Link
Place name	DOXEY
Parish	DOXEY
District
Country	ENGLAND
Easting / Northing	391316, 323387
Longitude / Latitude	-2.128839352809, 52.807632135641
National Grid Reference	SJ913234

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WW2 Camouflage Scheme Factory Report as Inappropriate	Sparky	Monday 25th of September 2017 09:07:12 AM
The line to the North West has been lifted and serves as a track with the name "The Way for the Millenium". The track once ran to Wellington and Shrewsbury. The lifted track was formerly the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company's line from Stafford, used more recently for a local Wellington-Walsall service, withdrawn in 2008. Report as Inappropriate	totoro	Friday 28th of March 2014 07:19:40 PM
According to "Passengers No More" by Gerald Daniels and LA Dench the railway between Stafford and Wellington closed on 7th September 1964. Report as Inappropriate	Class31	Monday 17th of August 2015 11:05:45 PM
Cricket Ground Report as Inappropriate	totoro	Friday 28th of March 2014 07:05:48 PM
Doxey Road Report as Inappropriate	totoro	Friday 28th of March 2014 07:03:19 PM
RAILWAY- This image has direction South West approximately dead ahead. There are a number of junctions on the railway in this area. From this point railway lines in use run to: To the North West (right): Norton Bridge, Stone, Crewe. To the South East (left): Penkridge, Walsall, Rugeley, Lichfield, Bloxwich. Report as Inappropriate	totoro	Friday 28th of March 2014 06:56:00 PM

User Comment Contributions

Doxey Road, Stafford, 13/08/2015	Class31	Monday 17th of August 2015 11:31:40 PM
Doxey Road, Stafford, 13/08/2015	Class31	Monday 17th of August 2015 11:31:04 PM
Doxey Road, Stafford, 13/08/2015	Class31	Monday 17th of August 2015 11:30:36 PM
Doxey Road, Stafford, 13/08/2015	Class31	Monday 17th of August 2015 11:30:04 PM
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Doxey Road, Stafford, 13/08/2015	Class31	Monday 17th of August 2015 11:25:54 PM
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Doxey Road, Stafford, 13/08/2015	Class31	Monday 17th of August 2015 11:22:59 PM
Doxey Road, Stafford, 13/08/2015	Class31	Monday 17th of August 2015 11:22:23 PM
West Coast Main Line looking south from Doxey Road, Stafford, 13/08/2015	Class31	Monday 17th of August 2015 11:21:46 PM
West Coast Main Line looking south from Doxey Road, Stafford, 13/08/2015	Class31	Monday 17th of August 2015 11:21:09 PM
This area is subject to a major planning application by Staffordshire County Council which will involve significant demolition of the existing buildings. See http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/transport/staffshighways/roadworks/schemeinfo/stafford/westernaccess/businesscase/Majorschemebusinesscase.aspx As at 17/08/2015	Class31	Monday 17th of August 2015 11:19:29 PM
UNIVERSAL GRINDING WHEEL - DOXEY DOXEY ROAD - STAFFORD -STAFFORDSHIRE- ST16 1EA 1893- The origins of Universal lie with Rooper & Harris Ltd’s Castle Works factory (in 1921 the Castle Street works was closed.), founded in 1893 to produce abrasive products, including some for finishing processes in the shoe industry. 1913- In 1913 a new works was opened on Doxey Road, just outside Stafford, to make vitrified grinding wheels. 1914- In 1914 they combined with a number of other similar businesses to become the Universal Grinding Wheel Company. The factory was extended during the First World War. 1935 - Incorporation Date: 3 Apr 1935 - Company Registration No.: 00299219 1935 - a small housing estate was built for workers at Greensome Lane, Doxey in 1935 1950s -By the late 1950s the Doxey factory was the largest of its kind in Europe, covering 44 acres. 1970- By 1970 Universal was Europe’s largest manufacturer of grinding wheels. By 1977, employed 1,600 people in Stafford. 1980 - Universal’s parent company, Unicorn Industries was acquired by Fonseco Minsep in 1980, which was itself acquired by Burmah Castrol in 1990. 1992- Apax Partners bought the abrasives division in 1992 and sold it to Unitec Ceramics. The new group was called Unicorn International with its headquarters at Doxey. 1997- the Unicorn business was acquired by the French company, Saint-Gobain Abrasives. 2012- Manufacture of abrasives moved in 2012 to a brand new site in Eccleshall but Saint-Gobain has retained the Doxey site for warehousing and sales and support	totoro	Friday 28th of March 2014 06:40:18 PM