THE STORY OF A LAMBETH COMMUNITY Nevill’s closed its Herne Hill bakery in 1969 when the lease from the Church Commissioners ran out and the company decided not to renew. The lease had been valued at £60,000 in 1960. The existing site was too small to house the modern machinery required to keep up with its competitors such as Mothers Pride and there was no land available on which the company could expand. A few years later the other Nevill’s bakeries also closed. The site of the Harrow Road bakery is now occupied by a small housing estate called Neville (sic) Close. That of the Acton bakery is also now occupied by a small housing scheme, more correctly called Nevill Close. In c1970, Allied Bakeries Ltd. became part of Associated British Foods plc, which now produces Kingsmill, Burgen and Allison’s bread. Its bakeries in south-east England are located at Walthamstow, Orpington, Stevenage and Reading. Other companies in the group include G. Costa, Ovaltine, Primark, Ryvita, Silver Spoon and Twinings.
Milkwood Road, northern entrance to Nevill’s, c1967
Nevill Close, Acton W3
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