Removals Company Somerset - Wells - Established 1845
T Wicks and Son, Removals Wells Somerset was founded by Thomas Wicks in 1845, originally as a cabinet makers alongside furniture removals. In 1965 the business was moved into Sadler Street, Wells where it was expanded to include funeral directing. T.Wicks & Son is believed to be the oldest family run removals firm in the UK, established in 1845.
No job is too big or too small and we can cater for all your removal or storage needs. T Wicks and Son are a small, family run business therefore our customers benefit from one point of contact, extensive knowledge of the removals and storage business with experienced and fully trained removal men, some of which have worked for T Wicks and Son for over 15 years.
Wicks and Son Family History T Wicks and Son, Removals Wells Somerset was founded by Thomas Wicks in 1845, originally as a cabinet makers alongside furniture removals. In 1965 the business was moved into Sadler Street, Wells where it was expanded to include funeral directing.
Over the next 50 years T Wicks and Son continued to grow to include a portfolio of cabinet makers, house furnishers, funeral directors, removals and storage contractors, estate agents, auctioneers and furniture valuers.
Just prior to the death of Gordon Wicks, in 1980, the auctioneering and estate agency business was sold to Osmond Tricks of Bristol, the remainder of the business continued under Peter Wicks. In 1989 the funeral business was sold off to the Great Southern Group and in 2001, the household furniture retailing was closed due to a lack of demand on ‘high street’ retailing.
Alongside furniture removals, T Wicks and Son can offer full furniture valuations for probate or insurance purposes and has very close connections with the Wells Auction Rooms.