23-736: Station Road may refer to: Station Road, Cambridge , leads to Cambridge railway station, England Station Road, Darley Dale , a cricket ground in Darley Dale, England Station Road, Newbridge , a sports venue located in Newbridge, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland Station Road, Swinton , a former rugby league Test match venue located in Pendlebury near Manchester, England Station Road (York) , in England Topics referred to by
46-465: A Lloyds Bank branch) was designed by the Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse and built 1890–93. The name still exists over the doorway. The interior of the bank is vaulted and highly decorated with tiles, On 27 March 2010, during extensive demolition work on the mill, a major fire "accidentally" broke out which damaged the mill buildings causing their partial collapse. The remaining section of
69-461: A building Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Station Road, Cambridge Station Road is a road in southeast Cambridge , England . It leads from a junction with traffic lights on Hills Road ( A1307 ) to the Cambridge railway station . At the western end of Station Road on
92-431: A long classical façade and porte-cochère , which was infilled during the 20th century. It has been attributed to both Sancton Wood and Francis Thompson and is listed Grade II. The single very long platform is typical of its period but now unusual in that, apart from a brief period in the mid-19th century, it was never supplemented by another through platform. There were major platform lengthenings and remodellings of
115-447: A more modern plant, producing 20 sacks of flour an hour. As he strove for greater productivity he installed equipment that produced 30 sacks of flour an hour, and then 40 sacks an hour. He also set up agencies to distribute his flour in parts of England where it previously had not been sold. In May 1899 the business was incorporated as a private company under the name Joseph Rank Limited . In 1902, Joseph Rank made his first trip to
138-525: A small windmill . He initially lost money and therefore took a co-tenancy at West's Holderness Corn Mill. In 1885 he built a mechanically-driven flour mill in Hull in order to beat competition from abroad. He used steel rollers instead of mill stones thereby producing six sacks of flour an hour instead of one and a half. In 1888 he built another steel-roller plant in Lincolnshire , and soon after, built
161-471: The Rank Organisation . This is understandable as Rank themselves were at one point a highly diversified conglomerate, and were apt to rename acquired or joint venture business by prefixing them with the name "Rank", e.g. Rank Xerox . There is a link, but the "Rank" reference is to Joseph Rank , father of Lord Rank , who merely inherited the business upon his father's death. It always remained
184-463: The United States and South Africa . In 1969 Arthur's nephew, Joseph Rank, took over the chairmanship of the company. Joseph Rank encouraged research work in crustacea farming, cereal and seed production, and wheat hybrids. He also pioneered protein production from starch . In 1984 the company established a joint venture with ICI known as Marlow Foods . It was Marlow Foods that created
207-596: The United States to understand and beat his American competitors. Soon after his trip abroad, the company built mills in London and Cardiff . In 1912, a mill in Birkenhead was built to supply the needs of Ireland and northwestern England . Rank then moved the corporate headquarters of the company from Yorkshire to London . During World War II the company employed 3,000 workers, many of them women working while their husbands were away at war. In 1935 Joseph Rank
230-597: The meat substitute product Quorn . In 1979, RHM divested its Canadian business to Campbell Soup Company . In 1981, Sir Peter Reynolds took over as chairman from Joseph Rank. The company made a number of important acquisitions during the 1980s in the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Far East including the purchase in 1987 of Avana Group, which was renamed Avana Bakeries Limited. In 1992,
253-581: The building will become 19 residential apartments as part of the CB1 development. Demeter House, on Station Road, was built in the 1960s. It is one of three similar office blocks , the others being 20 Station Road (formerly Leda House), and Jupiter House. The building is currently one of the principal offices for Mott MacDonald . The railway station opened in 1845 when the Eastern Counties Railway opened to Cambridge. The station building has
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#1732773280207276-682: The company acquired the Hovis-McDougall Company, founded in 1957 after the merger of Hovis Bread Flour Company, founded in 1898, and McDougall Brothers, founded in 1864 by Alexander, Isaac, Arthur, John and James Thomas, with its famous Hovis brand of bread and became Rank Hovis McDougall Limited . In 1968 RHM went on to buy the Cerebos food group, which brought with it a number of popular food brands as well as interests in France , Argentina , New Zealand , Australia , Canada ,
299-575: The company was purchased by Tomkins plc who then sold it on to Doughty Hanson & Co in 2000. The company remained in private equity ownership and sold a number of non-core business, including bakery retail chain Three Cooks . In July 2005 it was relisted on the London Stock Exchange . In March 2007, RHM was acquired by Premier Foods for £1.2 billion. Premier made a loss in 2012 and cut production. Prior to takeover,
322-433: The group was grouped into three divisions: Bread Bakeries, Culinary Brands and Cakes & Customer Partnerships. Premier Foods is in the process of integrating Culinary Brands, Cakes and Customer Partnerships into its core business unit, although Bread Bakeries (including Rank Hovis milling) are to remain as a stand-alone business unit. A common misconception is that the "Rank" in the name signifies an acquired business of
345-474: The main building in 1863 and 1908. The station layout was altered in 1896 through changes to the Newmarket line approaches. [REDACTED] Media related to Station Road, Cambridge at Wikimedia Commons at the end of Station Road 52°11′41″N 0°08′00″E / 52.1948°N 0.1334°E / 52.1948; 0.1334 Rank Hovis McDougall RHM plc , formerly Rank Hovis McDougall ,
368-423: The new chairman, assisted by Cecil Loombe, who had become a director, set about rebuilding mills destroyed by bombing, which included the new Baltic Flour Mill at Gateshead , opened in 1950. In 1952, James Rank was succeeded by his brother J. Arthur Rank as chairman. Arthur explored ways of improving quality control in food production founding RHM Technology and its research centre at High Wycombe . In 1962,
391-539: The opposite side of Hills Road is the Cambridge University Botanic Garden . The station and a war memorial at the two ends of the road are Grade II listed . The view along Station Road has a leafy appearance. There are a number of Victorian houses on the north side of the road. These have lost their gardens and been converted for commercial use. The south side of the road is main large modern buildings. For example, Jupiter House
414-525: The railway station. In 1917, Foster's Mill was sold to Pauls Agriculture and in 1947 it was sold to Spillers . Additions were made to the building in 1953. In 2000, it was owned by Rank Hovis . In 2001, it was announced that Rank Hovis would vacate the site eventually to enable redevelopment of the site. The Foster family also founded Fosters' Bank for use by their mill workers, with a site in Sidney Street in central Cambridge. The building (now
437-433: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Station Road . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Station_Road&oldid=1129219917 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Road disambiguation pages Odonyms referring to
460-552: Was a United Kingdom food business. The company owned numerous brands, particularly for flour , where its core business started, and for consumer food products. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was acquired by Premier Foods in March 2007; many of its brands continue to be produced. The company was founded by Joseph Rank in 1875 as flour milling business when he rented
483-734: Was awarded the Freedom of the City of Hull, in part because of a trust fund he had set up in Hull to help "poor persons of good character." During the 1920s, Rank expanded into Scotland and Ireland. He also formed the British Isles Transport Company Limited to facilitate transport of his products around the country. The company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1933. In 1943 James Rank became chairman following his father's death. In 1945, James Rank,
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#1732773280207506-496: Was built in 1974. It was reclad in the 1980s. Daedalus House is also located on the south side. In 2016 a major redevelopment of the eastern end of Station Road was undertaken by the CB1 estate. Five major buildings were constructed providing approximately 500,000 SQ FT of office space. 30 Station Road was the last of these buildings to be constructed, slated for completion in 2020. Foster's Mill (also known as Foster Mills , Foster Mill and Spiller's Mill ), off Station Road,
529-529: Was built of painted gault brick in 1898, designed by the architects Gelder and Kitchen of Hull . It is one of the largest buildings in Cambridge, as well as being one of the few examples of large-scale industry in the city. The Foster family owned three mills in the city but the University of Cambridge prevented them from constructing railway lines to them, so they built this mill immediately next to
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