R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company

defunct British shipbuilder and locomotive manufacturer
Organization business Q1548575
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R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company

Summary

R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company's instance of is recorded as enterprise[5].
  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company followed R. & W. Hawthorn[6].
  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company followed A. Leslie and Company[7].
  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company was followed by Vodafone[8].
  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company was followed by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns[9].
  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company's headquarters location is recorded as Hebburn[10].
  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company's Commons category is recorded as Hawthorn, Leslie and Company[11].
  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company's industry is recorded as shipbuilding[12].
  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company's industry is recorded as locomotive manufacturing[13].
  • 1886 marks the founding of R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company[14].
  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company was dissolved in 1993[15].
  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hawthorn Leslie[16].
  • R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company's legal form is recorded as public company[17].

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Founding

1886 marks the founding of R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company[14].

Identity

Predecessors include R. & W. Hawthorn[6] and A. Leslie and Company[7]. Successors include Vodafone[8] and Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns[9].

Operations

R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company's headquarters location is recorded as Hebburn[10].

Industry

Industries include shipbuilding[12] and locomotive manufacturing[13].

Dissolution

R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company was dissolved in 1993[15].

Why It Matters

R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal form public company
    Industry shipbuilding, locomotive manufacturing
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Industry
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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