Catalogue description Records of Blay and Son of White Waltham, builders

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Details of D/EX 1726
Reference: D/EX 1726
Title: Records of Blay and Son of White Waltham, builders
Date: 1864-1976
Held by: Royal Berkshire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: (20 vols, 1 bdl).
Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented in January 2002 (acc. 6919).
Administrative / biographical background:

[The Blay family are believed to have been in business as builders since the 1750s. Local directories do not record the firm in 1847, but the following entries give some indication of the firm's progress:-

 

1854 John Blay, bricklayer, Littlefield Green, White Waltham.

 

1868-1883 Thomas Blay, bricklayer, White Waltham.

 

1887-1891 Thomas Blay, builder, White Waltham.

 

1895-1920 Thomas Blay, builder, Paley Street, White Waltham.

 

1924-1935 William Blay, builder, White Waltham.

 

1939 William Blay, builder, Littlewick Green, White Waltham.]
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