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Andrew Taylor (firm)

Company number:
Not known
Share capital:
£?
Started:
Prior to 1867
Finished:
1867
Registered office:

Operations based at Railway Chemical Works

A manufacturing chemist, proprietor of a short-lived paraffin refinery at Uphall. Listed in the 1867 Edinburgh Post Office directory as "Andrew Taylor, chemical works, Uphall" .

  • Newspaper references
    • SEQUESTRATION of ANDREW TAYLOR, Manufacturing Chemist, Uphall, by Bathgate. DAVID MARSHALL, Chartered Accountant in Edinburgh, has been elected Trustee on the estate; and Robert Kay Kinnimount, Merchant, Stewartfield, Broxburn, Alexander Sim, one of the Partners of the North British Colour Company, Leith, and John Vallance, Oil Refiner, Broxburn, have been elected Commissioners. The examination of the Bankrupt will take place within the Sheriff-Court-house, Linlithgow, on Wednesday the 5th day of June next, at one o'clock afternoon. The Creditors will meet within the Trustee's Chambers, 36, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, on Thursday the 13th day of June next, at two o'clock afternoon. DAVID MARSHALL, Trustee. Edinburgh, May 29, 1867.

      Edinburgh Gazette, 31st May 1867