General Estates Company

General Estates Company
Company typePrivate
IndustryVarious
FoundedOctober 1900; 124 years ago (1900-10)
Headquarters
Hythe, Hampshire
,
United Kingdom
Websitegeneral-estates.co.uk
A Hythe ferry still carrying the Hotspur name in 2004

The General Estates Company is a privately held company registered in the United Kingdom and incorporated in October 1900. Its current businesses include the provision of mobile home parks, and ownership and operation of toll bridges.[1][2][3]

The company's head office is located in Hythe in Hampshire. The proprietors of the company are members of the Percy family, whose lineage also includes the Dukes of Northumberland and Henry Percy or Hotspur.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b "About Us". General Estates Company. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Toll bridge sold for first time since being built in 1792". Henley Standard. 27 February 2019. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  3. ^ "General Estates Company Ltd - Company Profile". Endole. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Hythe-Southampton Ferries". Ian Boyle/Simplon Postcards. 2007. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2022.