Catalogue description Fielden Brothers Ltd., (Waterside Mill, etc), Todmorden, Cotton Manufacturers, Records

This record is held by West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale

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Title: Fielden Brothers Ltd., (Waterside Mill, etc), Todmorden, Cotton Manufacturers, Records
Description:

CORPORATE RECORDS

 

ARTICLES, SHARE FORMATION, ETC 1889-1972 1-10

 

MINUTES 1889-1967 11-15

 

REGISTERS OF MEMBERS, ETC 1900-1966 16-21

 

BOARD AND AGM PAPERS 1901-1971 22-26

 

DIRECTORS' REPORTS 1939-1979 27-29

 

CORRESPONDENCE

 

Copy letter books 1844-1949 30-65

 

Miscellaneous correspondence 1837-1980 66-106

 

SHARE RECORDS

 

SHARE CERTIFICATES 1890-1987 107-113

 

MISCELLANEOUS SHARE RECORDS 1902-1976 114-120

 

ACCOUNTING RECORDS

 

GENERAL ACCOUNTS

 

Ledgers 1846-1966 121-134

 

Bill book 1847-1848 135

 

Journals 1867-1981 136-147

 

Balances 1879-1960 148-153

 

Invoice books and files 1883-1966 154-289

 

Cash books 1884-1977 290-307

 

Petty cash books 1915-1966 308-312

 

Day books 1955-1975 313-315

 

Miscellaneous 1835-1971 316-342

 

OTHER FINANCIAL RECORDS

 

Rents 1852-1965 343-364

 

Banking records 1860-1962 365-381

 

Legal bills 1862-1894 382-385

 

Investments 1866-1966 386-396

 

Manchester accounts 1869-1954 397-401

 

PRODUCTION RECORDS

 

MANAGERS' REPORTS/MEMORANDA BOOKS 1844-1905 402-443

 

SALES OF YARNS BOOKS 1881-1916 444-448

 

COTTON PURCHASES BOOKS 1890-1944 449-452

 

WEFT AND TWIST PURCHASES BOOKS 1890-1944 453-459

 

DELIVERY BOOKS 1892-1958 460-464

 

PRODUCE AND WAGES BOOKS 1893-1951 465-511

 

ORDER BOOKS 1896-1962 512-528

 

CLOTH PARTICULARS BOOKS 1898-1942 529-534

 

PRICES 1902-c1939 535-542

 

STATISTICAL RETURNS 1930-1954 543-548

 

MISCELLANEOUS 1822-1970 549-618

 

BUILDING AND PLANT RECORDS (including insurance) 1825-1983 619-664

 

LEGAL RECORDS

 

TITLE DEEDS AND RELATED PAPERS

 

Langfield 1666-1966 665-685

 

Stansfield 1802-1931 686-694

 

Todmorden-cum-Walsden 1759-1981 695-757

 

Wadsworth 1793-1830 758

 

Combined townships 1626-1990 759-776

 

Manchester 1961-1963 777

 

EXECUTORSHIP RECORDS 1862-1889 778-780

 

PERSONNEL RECORDS

 

WAGES AND SALARIES 1842-1985 781-895

 

HEALTH AND SAFETY RECORDS 1845-1975 896-908

 

REGISTERS AND DETAILS OF WORKFORCE 1854-1959 909-923

 

APPOINTMENTS, RETIREMENTS, ETC 1889-1979 924-933

 

MISCELLANEOUS 1853-1970 934-947

 

PLANS 1842-c1965 948-982

 

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL RECORDS

 

POLITICAL RECORDS 1795-1965 983-997

 

TODMORDEN VALLEY MILLOWNERS 1803-1948 998-999

 

TODMORDEN UNITARIAN CHURCH 1864-1912 1000-1004

 

TODMORDEN TOWN HALL 1867-1875 1005-1007

 

MISCELLANEOUS 1771-1963 1008-1028

 

MISCELLANEOUS 1804-c1900 1029-1036

Date: 1626-1990
Held by: West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Fielden Brothers Ltd of Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, cotton manufacturers

Physical description: 1036 files
Access conditions:

Open

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited : Waterside Plastics Ltd., Todmorden

 

Accessioned : 1994 Nov 10 (transfer from WYAS, HQ

 

Ref C353 originally deposited 1981 and 1992)

 

Accession no. : 1617

 

These records were originally deposited at the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield, in 1981 and 1992 (REF:C353), and were transferred to Calderdale in November 1994, where they were re-listed and processed.

Subjects:
  • Fielden family of Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire
  • Todmorden, Rochdale, West Riding of Yorkshire
  • Textile industry
Administrative / biographical background:

The Fielden family had been engaged in the worsted textile trade for generations prior to Joshua Fielden changing to the cotton trade in 1782. By 1803, he left the day to day running of the business to his 3 elder sons, Samuel, Joshua and John, and when he died in 1811, the firm's name was changed to Fielden Brothers, with James and Thomas, the 2 younger sons also being brought into the partnership. By 1833, their assets stood at £300,000, and by 1850, they were employing 1700 factory hands at their 11 Todmorden Mills (including Waterside, Robinwood, Lumbutts, Jumb, Smithy Holme, Waterstalls, Causeway and Dobroyd), and another 200 at their mill in Mytholmroyd. In 1889, they became Fielden Brothers Ltd. and in 1956 a subsidiary "Waterside Plastics Ltd." was established. In 1966, Fielden Brothers Ltd. changed its name to Waterside Plastics Ltd.

 

The Fieldens were Todmorden's largest employers and they also contributed to the town's development in many other ways. Waterside Mill had its own gas works from 1830, the first to be established by a private company, and the surplus gas was sold to houses near the mill. John Fielden as a director of the Leeds to Manchester Railway helped ensure that the railway came through Todmorden, close to Waterside Mill. The family built the splendid Unitarian Church, opened in 1869, and paid for the building of the Town Hall. The political importance of John Fielden MP, as a radical reformer, a supporter of universal manhood suffrage, promoter of the 10 Hours Act of 1847, and opponent of the 1834 New Poor Law Act is widely recognised.

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