Download or read book The Hancocks of Marlborough written by John Loadman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the largely unknown history of the Hancock family of Marlborough. It shows how members of one unique family were responsible for creating the earliest form of mechanized transport in the world, the foundation of the UK rubber industry, and the beginnings of the global information highway.