81:
By 1899, the fledgling J. Lyons company had purchased property near Cadby Hall at No. 62 Hammersmith Road, and when they subsequently took over the Hall complex itself they retained the name, although the official address of the Cadby Hall complex became 66 Hammersmith Road. In time, it became one of
38:
The name originated from
Charles Cadby, a piano manufacturer, who purchased 8.5 acres (34,000 m) of land along the High Road (today named Hammersmith Road) in 1874. The location had formerly been known as the Croften Estate. Cadby allocated 1.5 acres (6,100 m) on the site for his new piano
89:
As the Lyons catering business expanded, the factory complex grew outwards from the central point of the original Cadby Hall, spreading in all directions but chiefly east and west along the
Hammersmith Road, with new blocks being added as new areas of production were launched, including tea, baked
101:
Blocks were given a letter designation, with A Block being the original piano manufacturing area, which was converted into bakeries. Subsequent blocks were added to the site, and as time and production moved on throughout the 20th century, old blocks would be renovated or demolished and new ones
50:
and red
Fareham bricks, with terracotta panelling above the first floor windows, and carved portraits of famous composers. Reliefs on the sides of the entrance doorway depicted scenes celebrating music and poetry. Cadby called the building the Cadby & Company Pianoforte Manufactory.
108:
The name of Cadby Hall became so synonymous with the company that the three later overseas J. Lyons & Co. complexes in
Toronto, Canada; Natal, South Africa, and Salisbury, Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe) were also named Cadby Hall.
403:
116:, which Lyons developed between 1949-1951 to automate its clerical and administrative tasks. The Leo-1 computer room, which took up around 2,500 square feet of floor space at Cadby Hall, is the subject of a project at the
69:. When Cadby died on 22 October 1884, the factory and all stock were sold, and subsequently a variety of businesses occupied the site between 1886 and 1893, including Kensington Co-operative Stores and the
148:. Gradually, the Lyons infrastructure was sold off to pay for Allied's consolidation in the drinks industry, and the Cadby Hall complex was scaled down until the site was finally cleared in June 1983.
102:
built in their place, although the original Cadby Hall building (A Block) remained largely intact right through until the demolition of the entire complex in 1983, by which time it had become J Block.
408:
324:
54:
The arrangement of buildings in the complex was designed primarily to prevent the spread of fire by confining it to one building should such an incident occur.
105:
At the peak of the Lyons operations, the stretch of land along the
Hammersmith Road between Blythe Road and Brook Green became one manufacturing enclosure.
209:
144:
By the late 1970s, J. Lyons & Co. began to decline as rapidly as it had expanded a century earlier, and in 1978 the company was taken over by
91:
298:
272:
413:
364:
328:
240:
112:
The original Cadby Hall site in
Hammersmith also earned a place in history as the birthplace of the first business computer,
117:
39:
factory and showrooms, while the remaining 7 acres (28,000 m) were set aside for smaller building plots.
152:
151:
Prior to its demolition, Cadby Hall served as a location for filming of episodes of 1970s TV action dramas
195:
94:
campus that adjoined Cadby Hall in 1922 and began using the land and property when the college moved to
180:
95:
302:
276:
418:
8:
43:
133:
27:
225:
90:
goods, meat and ice cream. As part of this expansion, the company purchased the
404:
Former buildings and structures in the London
Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
129:
83:
47:
397:
379:
366:
245:
145:
136:
was employed as a research chemist at Cadby Hall on emulsifying ice cream.
113:
353:
156:
58:
23:
62:
70:
66:
197:
Legacy: The
Remarkable History of J Lyons and the Family Behind It
86:, growing to cover an area of more than 13 acres (53,000 m).
325:"The Sweeney Forum :: View topic - Various Locations"
26:, London which was the headquarters of catering company
409:
History of the London
Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
395:
57:Cadby lived for a time in what is now known as
210:'How the Lyons Company Took Over the World'
356:An electronic history of J.Lyons & Co.
176:
174:
172:
76:
22:was a major office and factory complex in
169:
123:
396:
241:"Cream of the crop at Royal Society"
181:'J. Lyons & Co. Cadby Hall', at
120:to recreate it in virtual reality.
13:
414:Food manufacturers based in London
299:"THE PROFESSIONALS: Episode Guide"
275:. 8 September 2006. Archived from
273:"THE PROFESSIONALS: Episode Guide"
82:the largest food factories in the
42:Cadby Hall itself was designed by
14:
430:
347:
354:Cadby Hall history and photos -
327:. 11 March 2007. Archived from
61:, previously owned by the poet
317:
291:
265:
233:
219:
203:
188:
1:
162:
118:Centre for Computing History
7:
128:In 1951, after she had met
10:
435:
139:
33:
132:and moved to Dartford,
77:J. Lyons & Co. Ltd.
253:(1365): 5. 7 July 1983
46:and constructed using
30:for almost a century.
73:Mineral Water Works.
380:51.49500°N 0.21250°W
146:Allied Breweries Ltd
124:Most famous employee
28:Joseph Lyons and Co.
376: /
305:on 8 September 2006
279:on 8 September 2006
229:, 30 November, 2021
385:51.49500; -0.21250
44:Lewis Henry Isaacs
153:The Professionals
134:Margaret Thatcher
92:St Mary's College
16:Complex in London
426:
391:
390:
388:
387:
386:
381:
377:
374:
373:
372:
369:
341:
340:
338:
336:
331:on 11 March 2007
321:
315:
314:
312:
310:
301:. Archived from
295:
289:
288:
286:
284:
269:
263:
262:
260:
258:
237:
231:
223:
217:
216:, 23 August 2019
207:
201:
194:Harding, Thomas.
192:
186:
183:London Remembers
178:
434:
433:
429:
428:
427:
425:
424:
423:
394:
393:
384:
382:
378:
375:
370:
367:
365:
363:
362:
350:
345:
344:
334:
332:
323:
322:
318:
308:
306:
297:
296:
292:
282:
280:
271:
270:
266:
256:
254:
239:
238:
234:
224:
220:
208:
204:
193:
189:
179:
170:
165:
142:
126:
96:Strawberry Hill
79:
36:
17:
12:
11:
5:
432:
422:
421:
416:
411:
406:
360:
359:
349:
348:External links
346:
343:
342:
316:
290:
264:
232:
218:
202:
187:
167:
166:
164:
161:
141:
138:
130:Denis Thatcher
125:
122:
84:United Kingdom
78:
75:
48:Portland stone
35:
32:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
431:
420:
417:
415:
412:
410:
407:
405:
402:
401:
399:
392:
389:
358:
357:
352:
351:
330:
326:
320:
304:
300:
294:
278:
274:
268:
252:
248:
247:
246:New Scientist
242:
236:
230:
228:
222:
215:
211:
206:
200:
198:
191:
185:
184:
177:
175:
173:
168:
160:
158:
154:
149:
147:
137:
135:
131:
121:
119:
115:
110:
106:
103:
99:
97:
93:
87:
85:
74:
72:
68:
64:
60:
55:
52:
49:
45:
40:
31:
29:
25:
21:
361:
355:
333:. Retrieved
329:the original
319:
307:. Retrieved
303:the original
293:
281:. Retrieved
277:the original
267:
255:. Retrieved
250:
244:
235:
227:The Register
226:
221:
214:The Guardian
213:
205:
196:
190:
182:
150:
143:
127:
111:
107:
104:
100:
88:
80:
56:
53:
41:
37:
19:
18:
419:Hammersmith
383: /
157:The Sweeney
59:Keats House
24:Hammersmith
398:Categories
368:51°29′42″N
257:25 January
163:References
63:John Keats
20:Cadby Hall
371:0°12′45″W
98:in 1925.
71:Schweppes
67:Hampstead
335:26 July
309:26 July
283:26 July
140:Decline
34:Origins
199:(2019)
212:, in
337:2021
311:2021
285:2021
259:2011
155:and
114:LEO
65:in
400::
251:99
249:.
243:.
171:^
159:.
339:.
313:.
287:.
261:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.