Boots Pure Drug Company Limited 1888 - 1971

see also earlier and later names; founded by Jesse Boot; 1871 M & J Boot, Herbalists; 1883 Boot and Company Ltd formed; 1888 Boots Pure Drug Company Ltd.; 1971 The Boots Company Ltd.; 1982 The Boots Company plc; 1991Boots Contract Manufacturing and Boots Healthcare International established. NOTE: Boots The Chemist, Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd et al were the retail side of the business and the Boots logo was their trademark; factory built at Beeston, Nottinghamshire