Catalogue description Records of Edward Williams Co. Ltd.

This record is held by Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office

Details of D4466
Reference: D4466
Title: Records of Edward Williams Co. Ltd.
Date: 19th - 20th Centuries
Held by: Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Edward Williams Co Ltd of Smethwick, Staffordshire, Machinists and Tool Makers
Physical description: 10 Series
Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Edward Williams Co. Ltd., Foundry Lane, Smethwick.
Subjects:
  • Williams family of Smethwick, Staffordshire
  • Manufacturing industry
Administrative / biographical background:

The business records of Edward Williams Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Foundry Lane, Smethwick. The firm began as machinists and tool makers in Winson Green, Birmingham, but became best known for the manufacture of patent chain wheels and cranks for bicycles from the 1890s at Foundry Lane, Smethwick. The history of the Williams family and the early years of the firm are chronicled in full by Oliver Brown in his unpublished history of the firm "The Williams Story 1800-1925" (ref: D4466/J/1).
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