Our History

J.W. Sargeant was established in 1919 by William Sargeant. The business was then taken over by Jack Sargeant who ran it until the early 1980’s when it was taken over by his son Jeff. Jeff sadly passed away at the end of 2023 and the business has passed onto Phil & Sean who will continue to run the business as the previous generations of the Sargeant family.

William (Tom) Sargeant at Stow Estate just before he set up in 1919
The JW Sargeant's shop front as it stood in 1967
The Sargeant family in the 1970s, picture taken by the Lynn News