Catalogue description J.H. TAYLOR AND SONS, BOATBUILDERS

This record is held by Cheshire Archives and Local Studies

Details of ZCR 366
Reference: ZCR 366
Title: J.H. TAYLOR AND SONS, BOATBUILDERS
Description:

FINANCIAL RECORDS, PLANS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Date: 1925-1969
Held by: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

J H Taylor and Sons, boatbuilders
Physical description: 34 Files
Access conditions:

Prior notice required for access except 29-34
Immediate source of acquisition:

CR 366/1-28 were deposited in the Chester City Record Office in November 1980 and CR 366/29-36 in 1986 by Mr. and Mrs. D. Jones, Taylor's Boatyard, Upper Cambrian View, Chester, via C.N. Moore, esq., Curator, Grosvenor Museum, Grosvenor Street, Chester.
Administrative / biographical background:

Taylor's boatyard was established in 1913 and moved to a site in the Dee Basin slipway, Tower Wharf, in 1917. In the 1970s, the firm was taken over by David Jones (Boatbuilders) Ltd.

 

Most of the vessels built by J.H. Taylor and Sons were canal craft, but the firm also built fishing boats, including salmon boats for use in the Dee estuary.

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