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Catalogue description BRITISH TYRE AND RUBBER COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
This record is held by London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
| Reference: | B/BTR |
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| Title: | BRITISH TYRE AND RUBBER COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES |
| Description: |
This collection includes financial records, minutes, journals, advertising books, salary books and registers of shareholders |
| Date: | 1864-1973 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Arger Machinery Ltd B/BTR/AAML Anglo-American Synco Corporation B/BTR/AASC Associated Rubber Manufacturers B/BTR/ARM Bournemouth Central Tyre Company Ltd B/BTR/BCTC British Goodrich Rubber Company Ltd B/BTR/BGRC Bramac Ltd B/BTR/BRL British Tyre and Rubber Company Ltd B/BTR/BTRC Cow, P.B. and Company B/BTR/CPB Electric Hose and Rubber Company B/BTR/EHRC Green, F.R. Holdings Ltd B/BTR/GFRM Greengate and Irwell Rubber Company Ltd B/BTR/GIRC Glass Moulding and Design Company B/BTR/GMDC Glass Yarns and Deeside Fabrics Ltd B/BTR/GYDF Holdtight Clip and Coupling Company Ltd B/BTR/HCCC Hood Rubber Company Ltd B/BTR/HRCL Hertfordshire Rubber Company B/BTR/HRC India Rubber Gutta-Percha and Telegraph Works Company Ltd (originally Silver's India Rubber and Telegraph Cable Company Ltd) B/BTR/IRGP James Lyne Hancock Ltd B/BTR/JLHL Jointless Rims Ltd B/BTR/JRM Manchester Clothing Company Ltd B/BTR/MCCL Morgan Crossley and Company Ltd B/BTR/MCRC Morgan Ebonite Company Ltd B/BTR/MECL Microcell Mouldings Ltd B/BTR/MML Mitcham Rubber Company B/BTR/MRC Palmer Tyre Ltd (later Palmer-Aero Products Ltd) B/BTR/PAPL Principal Rubber Agencies Ltd, Bristol B/BTR/PRAL Randall, C.W. and Company Ltd B/BTR/RCW Rubberised Hair Ltd B/BTR/RHL Southern Rubber Company B/BTR/SORC Silvertown Rubber Company Ltd B/BTR/SRCL Shawcross, John and Company Ltd B/BTR/SSC Stepney Tyre and Rubber Company Ltd B/BTR/STRC Somervilles B/BTR/SV Tinto, Messrs J. and W. Ltd B/BTR/TJWL Vacu-Blast Ltd B/BTR/VBL Vacu-Blast Contractors Ltd B/BTR/VRC Willett Rubber Company Ltd B/BTR/WRCL Warrington Tyre Company Ltd B/BTR/WTCL |
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London Metropolitan Archives also has some records of Dunlop Rubber Company Ltd (Acc/2166). There are records of the construction industry and related products in the archives of John Mowlem and Co. Ltd (Acc/2809). Bibliography: Company Archives Lesley Richmond and Bridget Stockford, Glasgow 1986 (60.43 RIC) The International Stock Exchange Year Book (R35.33 STO) |
| Held by: | London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 308 files |
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This substantial collection of business records consists of companies taken over by, or associated with, the British Tyre and Rubber Company, now known as BTR plc. Most companies were concerned with rubber products of all types: from tyres to shoes and even hair, but there are also links with the communications industry and more general trade within the British Empire, including India and Australia. BTR plc is now one of the largest companies in the U.K. with a stock market capital value of over £6.5 billion. It was originally registered in 1898 as the Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Company Ltd, specially formed to acquire the undertakings of Leyland Rubber Company Ltd, Birmingham. India Rubber Company Ltd and Stanley Morrison and Co. Ltd, The company became known as BTR in 1972 and BTR plc in 1982. Among the more significant companies represented in this collection are: James Lyne Hancock Ltd. India Rubber Manufacturers of 266 Goswell Road. London EC1. Established in 1820 and registered in 1912. Thomas Hancock, the discoverer and patentee of the vulcanisation of rubber and the first to manufacture India Rubber, was the founder. India Rubber Gutta-Percha and Telegraph Works Company Ltd. Cable Manufacturers of 83-86 Farringdon Street, London EC1. Registered in 1864, Well known for its trading in Argentina, India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. This company can trace its roots to Arrowsmith and Silver, Colonial Merchants, Clothiers and army agents of Cornhill, London. The firm later became known as Silver and Co., run by Stephen W. Silver who founded a rubber waterproof clothing factory at Greenwich, transferred to West Ham/Silvertown in 1852. It also manufactured India Rubber and ebonite articles such as insulated telegraph wire. Originally incorporated as Silver's India Rubber Works and Telegraph Cable Co. ltd. The company expanded rapidly by building a new gutta-percha factory at Silvertown, promoting cable companies such as West Coast of America Telegraph Co. Ltd in 1876 and South America Cable Co. Ltd in 1891. In 1934, the company was acquired by British Goodrich Rubber Co. Ltd, later taken over by BTR. The Silvertown factory who severely damaged during World War Two, and sold in 1965. C.W. Randall and Co. Ltd, Boot Factors of 143 Shoreditch High street, London E1. Established in 1890 and registered in 1914. Arger Machinery Ltd manufactured rubber, plastics and hydraulic machinery and machine tools. P.B. Cow and Company Ltd manufactured rubber and plastics and had works in Streatham, Mitcham and Slough. Glass Yarns and Deeside Fabrics Ltd manufactured glass mats and fabrics for laminating and moulding. Its name changed to Deeglass Fabrics Ltd, becoming BTR Glass Ltd in 1964 and then Oil Feed Engineering Ltd in 1967. Greengate and Irwell Rubber Company Ltd was incorporated in 1919. It manufactured India Rubber and asbestos goods at its Irwell Works in Salford and in London. Jointless Rims Ltd manufactured jointless steel cycle rims from 1906. Microcell Moudlings Ltd manufactured plastics and rubber products at Kingsway, London WC2. Palmer Tyre Ltd tyre manufacturers of 100-106 Cannon Street, London EC4 and Birmingham. Registered 1895. From 1902 controlled by India Rubber Gutta-Percha. Diversified into aeronautical engineering. Stepney Tyre and Rubber Company Ltd, rubber product manufacturers were based at Blackhorse Lane, London E17. Vacu-Blast Ltd machinery manufacturers of Golden Square, London W1 were incorporated in 1950. Willett Rubber Company Ltd manufactured rubber hose. The company was based in Hurlingham Road, London SW6. |
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