Holywell Press Ltd is a family printing and publishing company based in

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. The firm was established in 1890 by Harry Burrows and Jack Doe. A major customer has been the

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, including publication of the university student magazine ''

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'' for many years. It also produced early advertising for

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cars. Harry Burrows was a personal friend of the founder

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(later Lord Nuffield). Oxford gymnasium

The company took its name from the Holywell Room in Oxford. Initially, the company premises were in the octagonal former Chapel of St Mary at the junction of Broad Street and

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, now part of

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. In 1920/1, it moved to the Maclaren Gymnasium in Alfred Street, with much more room for printing. In 1989, it moved to a purpose-built factory building in

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, at Osney Mead in west Oxford. The company has been run by the Burrows family throughout its existence, most recently by Benjamin Burrows.

Selected books

*Geoffrey Bolton, ''History of the O.U.C.C.'', 1962. *A. Philippou (ed.), ''The Orthodox Ethos'', 1964. *Andrew S. N. Wright, ''The History of Buckland in the County of Berkshire'', 1966. * Humphry J. M. Bowen, ''The Flora of Berkshire'', 1968.

References

External links

Holywell Press website
Book publishing companies of England Magazine publishing companies of England Printing companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in Oxford Publishing companies established in 1890 1890 establishments in England Private companies limited by guarantee of England Hertford College, Oxford {{UK-company-stub