Ald. Amos Hinton
(1844-1919)
magistrate, founder of a well-known chain of grocery stores, Town Councillor, alderman, prominent leader in the Temperance Movement, Poor Law Guardian, and mayor
Died aged c. 75
Commemorated on 1 plaque
Amos Hinton 1844-1919 Born in Tring. Founder of the well-known chain of grocery stores. He purchased his first shop in Middlesbrough in 1871, later occupying these Corporation Road premises from 1890. He was a Town Councillor, Alderman, a prominent leader in the Temperance Movement, a magistrate and a Poor Law Guardian. In 1886 he was the first Mayor to be installed in the new Town Hall.
Corporation Road, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom where they occupied (1890)