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Catalogue description RECORDS OF WILLIAM WALKER & SONS, LTD OF BOLTON TANNERS AND LEATHER CURRIERS AND OF THE WALKER FAMILY
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| Reference: | ZWKG |
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| Title: | RECORDS OF WILLIAM WALKER & SONS, LTD OF BOLTON TANNERS AND LEATHER CURRIERS AND OF THE WALKER FAMILY |
| Description: |
ZWKG/1. COMPANY MINUTE BOOKS ZWKG/2. ACCOUNTS AND FINANCIAL RECORDS ZWKG/3. LEGAL AND PROBATE RECORDS ZWKG/4. BIRTH, BAPTISMAL AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES ZWKG/5. CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED PAPERS ZWKG/6. PHOTOGRAPHS ZWKG/7. VARIOUS FAMILY PAPERS AND RECORDS ZWKG/8. VARIOUS BUSINESS RECORDS ZWKG/9. PUBLICATIONS: LEATHER INDUSTRY ZWKG/10. PUBLICATIONS: LOCAL HISTORY AND MISCELLANEOUS ZWKG/11. THE WALKER PROPERTY CO. LTD |
| Date: | c1500-1995 |
| Held by: | Bolton Archives and Local Studies Service, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 11 Sub-Fonds |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
The records listed below have been placed in our care for permanent preservation by Mr Grant Walker of Falmouth. |
| Publication note: |
Many of these records were collected together and used by Arthur Noel Walker for his book "The Walker Family, 1681 to 1946", which was printed for private circulation by Tillotsons (Bolton) Ltd in 1947. A copy is available for reference purposes in our Archive and Local Studies Searchroom in Bolton Central Library. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The business was founded in Bolton in 1823 by William Walker, formerly of Haughton-le-Skerne, co.Durham. The original tannery was in King Street. Operations were transferred to Ridgway Gates in 1828. Tanning began at Rose Hill in 1850. The Railway Tannery, also at Rose Hill, opened in 1895. The firm also owned Bark Street Tannery, which it took over in 1864. The former Jackson's corn mill in Weston Street, Great Lever, was purchased for the manufacture of "Dri-Ped" leather in 1919. Subsidiary companies included Dri-Ped Ltd and Bolton Leathers Ltd. The origins of the Walker Property Co. Ltd lie in the purchase of land in Deansgate, Manchester, in 1876, upon which the Grosvenor Hotel was built. |
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