Freeman Hardy & Willis Ltd Ghost Sign - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK - Ghost Signs on Waymarking.com

Freeman Hardy and Willis Ltd ghost sign located on the corner of Ironmarket and Market Lane in the centre of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

The remnants of the Freeman Hardy and Willis shoe shop ghost sign can be seen on the side wall of their former property - 53, Ironmarket.

The Freeman Hardy & Willis, fascia was a common sight on British high streets until the company’s demise in 1996.

"Freeman Hardy and Willis were Freeman, Hardy & Willis was created in Leicester in 1875 and formed into a limited liability company with £20,000 capital in December 1876. Described as ‘boot and shoe manufacturers and factors and leather merchants’, it was named after its three directors: William Freeman, Arthur Hardy and Frederick Willis. Rather remarkably, Hardy was an architect by profession. Soon after incorporation, in 1877, the partnership was dissolved and the company merged with E. Wood & Co., a manufacturing firm established by Edward Wood (1839-1917) in the 1860s. As Chairman, Wood assumed responsibility for the subsequent success of Freeman, Hardy & Willis. He became a local worthy, receiving a knighthood in 1906 and serving as mayor of Leicester on four occasions."
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