Burgess' ironmonger's shop, Stafford Street, Eccleshall

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Date:1930 - 1939 (c.)

Description:F.H. Burgess's first shop in Eccleshall, which opened in 1900 on Stafford Street. Mr G. Burgess and Dolly Neville are standing in the doorway.

Frederick H. Burgess founded his ironmongers and agricultural implement business in Eccleshall in 1900. The business was a success and by 1912 the headquarters had moved to Stafford, with branches in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Wolverhampton and Newport, as well as in Eccleshall. In 1934 F.H. Burgess died and the company was taken over by his sons H.F. and W.D. Burgess. The following year saw a new branch open in Lichfield and amalgamation with its chief competitor: Woodings, who were dealers for Massey-Harris. Further acquisitions followed and by 1942 Frederick H. Burgess Ltd was the biggest agricultural machinery dealer in the West Midlands and north west, with branches in Ormskirk, Northwich, Liverpool, Warrington, St. Helens, Worcester, Hereford, Leominster, Bromyard and Tenbury. By this time it employed 1,180 staff and a had a fleet of 350 service vehicles.

In 2003 the Eccleshall store closed and moved to Ladfordfields Industrial Estate in Stafford. In 2008 Burgess Agricultural Engineers Ltd went into administration, and the final seven branches closed: these were in Shrewsbury, Chester, Nantwich, Llangefni, Denbigh, Leek and Barton-under-Needwood.


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1890s
Bowls Club, Eccleshall
Bowls Club, Eccleshall

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1930s
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Bill Perry, boxer, Eccleshall

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1940s
Frederick H. Burgess Ltd., Eccleshall
Frederick H. Burgess Ltd., Eccleshall

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1980s
High Street, Eccleshall
High Street, Eccleshall

This picture was taken looking along the north side of the High Street in Eccleshall. ...

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Source: Mr Pat Trevor

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