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W.H. Smith & Son


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    • W.H. Smith and Son
    • Smith (W.H.) & Son Ltd.
    • Smith & Son
    • W.H. Smith & Son Limited
    • W.H. Smith & Son (Holdings) Limited
    • W.H. Smith & Son (Holdings) PLC
    • WHSmith (Firm : 1846-1988)
    • WHS (W.H. Smith & Son)

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    • Smith (W.H.) & Son Ltd.

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    • found: Sixteen designs for bookplates ... 1912:cover p. 3 (W.H. Smith & Son) cover (WHS)
    • found: LC data base, 9-23-85(hdg.: Smith (W.H.) & Son Ltd.)
    • found: WHSmith PLC website, viewed 13 Dec. 2017:history p. (in 1792, Henry Walton Smith opened a small newsvendors in Little Grosvenor Street, London; he died a few months later leaving his wife Anna to run the business; Anna Smith died in 1816 and the business, H W Smith, trading as newsagents and stationers, was passed to her two sons, of whom William Henry Smith was the more capable businessman; in 1828, the business became known as WHSmith, then WHSmith & Son in 1846 when William Henry's son, William Henry also, was taken into partnership on his 21st birthday; in 1949, a public holding company, WHSmith & Son (Holdings) Limited, was formed to buy up all the share capital of WHSmith & Son Limited)
    • found: W.H. Smith & Son Limited. Report and accounts, 31 Jan. 1976:p.1 (main subsidiary of W.H. Smith & Son (Holdings) Limited; engaged in wholesaling and retailing newspapers, magazines and books, and retailing stationery and fancy goods)
    • found: W.H.Smith & Son (Holdings) PLC. Annual report and accounts, 31 Jan. 1976:t.p. (WHS) p.4 (registered office: Strand House, 10 New Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1AD)
    • found: W.H.Smith & Son (Holdings) Limited. Annual report 1985:t.p. (WHSmith)
    • found: Companies House Beta website, viewed 13 Dec. 2017:under Company number 00237811 (incorporated on 9 March 1929 as W. H. Smith & Son Limited; name changed to W H Smith Limited on 1 January 1988 until 19 January 2000)
    • found: Companies House Beta website, viewed 13 Dec. 2017:under Company number 00471941 (incorporated on 17 August 1949 on P.J.D. (Holdings) Limited; name changed to W.H.Smith & Son (Holdings) Limited on 23 August 1949; re-registered as W.H.Smith & Son Holdings PLC on 1 February 1982; name changed to W H Smith Group PLC on 1 January 1988, then WH Smith PLC on 1 February 2000; re-registered under Company number 05202036 on 30 August 2006 as WH Smith PLC)

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    • 1985-10-02: new
    • 2017-12-14: revised

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