JH/PER/61 - [J. C. Hill]

JH/PER/61

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[J. C. Hill]

1899
1912-1915
1979
1997

20 items Mixed

Hill, John Cathles, 1857-1915
Hill, Robert William d. 1917

London Brick Company
Brick trade

John Cathles Hill was JH's paternal grandfather. Born in, Hawkhill, Angus County (now Tayside) he moved with his parents to Auchterhouse when he was three years old. His father was wheel and cartwright at the Toll of Auchterhouse, as his father and grandfather had been before him. Press-cuttings have variant birth dates of 1857 and 1858.

The file contains mainly press-cuttings and correspondence. They provide a biographical history, include obituaries, information on J.C. Hill’s business activities, correspondence relating to his burial site, and images of the old tollhouse at Auchterhouse.

J.C. Hill was most successful as a builder and brick manufacturer in Fletton, Peterborough, and under the name of London Brick Company in Essex. However a 1912 article describes the first meeting of creditors’ gross liabilities of £1,000,000.

J.C. Hill died on 5 April, 1915. Correspondence from Joan Schwitzer at the Hornsey Historical Sociey, in 1997, provides details and a map of the burial place of J.C. Hill in Highgate., London. She also refers to Robert W. Hill’s (JH’s father) time at Merton College, and includes reference and pictures of Southwood Hall, Highgate.

Other images include a family army roll which includes the names of G. Cathles, W. Cathles, R.Hill and E. Hill; and the Mayor and Officers Peterborough Territorials, 1913.