Letts and Lonsdale
British publisher of educational materials
Letts and Lonsdale is a British educational publisher of revision guides under the Letts and Lonsdale brand names. The company is a subsidiary of HarperCollins, an international publisher owned by News Corporation, and is within the company's Collins Education division. The company previously published revision guides under the Letts Educational and Lonsdale SRG brands, while owned by Huveaux PLC.
Letts and Lonsdale also provides schools and users with online revision products, including downloadable podcasts.
Revision support is also provided through publications that teach pupils effective study skills and other advice to help with test and exam preparation. In March 2010, Letts and Lonsdale, along with Leckie and Leckie, were sold by Huveaux PLC to HarperCollins. Both companies became part of Collins Education.
“Letts and Lonsdale” enters the record as british publisher of educational materials. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Letts, Lonsdale and British can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6533859. VIAF identifies the subject as 160671289. The Library of Congress control number is no2010202310. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010.
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