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Major accessions to repositories in 2023 relating to Business

Business

History of Advertising Trust Archive

  • Colmans Mustard Shop & Museum Collection, Norwich: mustard tins, branded merchandise, artefacts, in-house magazines, publications, visitors' books, photographs, events/promotional material, and showcards. The museum operated between 1973-2017 c1882-1995 (HAT2023/3)
  • David Horry Archive: proofs, artwork, photographs, audio-visual material, awards, journals, biographical information c1970-2004 (HAT21/602)
  • Ginsters Ltd, a division of Samworth Brothers Ltd: advertising material incl print poster advertisements for Ginsters products; sample packaging for food products; audio visual material incl copies of commercials, still images, internal presentations, conference and training material; promotional banners and signs; material linked to sponsorship of sport, car bonnet and tyre, surf boards, Cornish Pirates rugby balls, Plymouth Argyle footballs, team shirt and other memorabilia 1990-2022 (GIN)
  • Pennicott Payne Ltd, advertising agency commercials collection: U-Matic & Betacam tapes c1984-2008 (HAT2023/14)
  • Machineshop Special Effects company: commercials collection incl rushes, work in progress, tests, showreels and finished ads (U-Matic and Betacam tapes) 1990s-2000s (HAT2023/16)
  • John Wringe, marketing director, and founder of The Marketects marketing agency: advertising agency documents and showreels c1987-2006 (HAT21/603)
  • John Turner (fl.1967-2007), independent commercial photographer: digital deposit incl images used in UK advertising campaigns. Brands featured: Amex, Britax, Citroen, Citroen Saxo, Dove body wash, Ford Ka, Ford Transit, Johnnie Walker, Mercedes Benz, Opel Omega, Peugeot, Toyota, Vauxhall, Volvo V40 c1980-2000 (HAT21/553 (HAT2023/12))
  • Robin Purton Collection: advertising proofs, brochures, leaflets, catalogues and portrait photograph 1980s-1990s (HAT21/600)
  • W.S. Crawford Advertising Agency: clients and internal letters 1965-1970 (HAT2023/43)
  • The Value Engineers marketing strategy consultancy: library of TV commercial compilations incl VHS tapes (brand history reels) c1980-2010 (HAT2/VE)
  • Richard Myers (d.2023), copywriter and Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi: archive collection incl laminated proofs, awards, diaries, client files, creative briefs, photos and commercials (U-Matic tapes) c1975-2017 (HAT2023/42)
  • United Biscuits Ltd: records of the subsidiary companies of United Biscuits Ltd (formerly held at National Records of Scotland): 1. William Crawford & Sons Ltd, 2. Macfarlane Lang & Co Ltd, 3. McVitie & Price Ltd, 4. Meredith & Drew Ltd, 5. William Macdonald & Sons (Biscuits) Ltd, 6. United Biscuits Ltd, 7. Other biscuit manufacturers 1878-1990 (UB13)

Local

Archifau Ynys Mon / Anglesey Archives

  • John Jones Gray (1857-1919), and J.J. Gray, Ironmongers, Llangefni: records 1886-1901 (WM/2776)

Archives and Cornish Studies Service (formerly Cornwall Record Office)

  • H Harris Ltd., ivory cutters, St Ives: material rel to the business, incl minutes, accounts, sales, purchase and order books, employee papers, customer and client papers, business administration and a sample of ivory artefacts 20th cent (AD3207)

Barnsley Archive and Local Studies Department

  • Barnsley Cordwainers' Society: additional material incl rules, photographs and news cuttings 18th-20th cent (A-2065-G)
  • Mr Wayne, (fl1970-1990), fashion retailer of Eldon Street, Barnsley: photographs and business records 1970s-1990s (A-3973-B)

Bath Record Office

  • Wilkinson & Dickson, chemists: ledgers and pharmacopeia 1823-1980 (1454)
  • Vaughan-Jenkins family of Priston: estate papers and map of Priston; Priston manor court book and information about the gamekeeper; deeds, wills, land value returns, legal cases, sale particulars, leases, tenant survey and farm inventory, and tithe returns. 1647-1994 (1422)
  • Bath Postal Museum: minutes of the trustees, posters and other ephemera; donated series of letters and postal ephemera rel to Bath c1700-2000 (1445)

Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service

  • Norbury-Smith & Company, land agents and surveyors: Haynes Park schedule of loss and damage c1914-1920 (Z1656)

Berkshire Record Office

  • Digital Equipment Corporation (UK) Ltd: records of Geoff Shingles' rel to the business c1960-1999 (D/EX2930acc11069)
  • E Jackson & Sons Ltd, department store, Reading: financial records 1907-1986 (D/EZ216acc11063)
  • Wise family, farmers of Wokefield and Oxfordshire: additional papers c1902-2022 (D/EX2811acc11242)

Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service

  • Masons & Sons, rolling mill, Aston: records 1905-1959 (MS 5084 (2023/004))

Brent Archives

  • Mandala Productions Ltd, London: 'Women in Reggae' podcast, a conversation incl Carroll Thompson, Diane White (BBMC), and Jacqueline Crooks nd (ACC/2023/15)

Bristol Archives

  • Merriman, Porter & Long, solicitors: deeds and client papers incl Deanery Synod papers c1830-2000 (46859)
  • Cashmore & Co. Ltd, glass, paint and wallhanging manufacturer: articles of partnership; plan of premises; ledgers, accounts and balance sheets; photographs; sales catalogues 1872-1974 (46944)
  • Parnall & Sons Ltd, shop fitting and aircraft component manufacturer: sales catalogues and brochures; photographs; printed histories; newspaper cuttings; specifications of works; employee records c1887-1991 (46863)
  • Nash, Fisher & Co, shopfitters: photograph albums and loose bundles of photographs of various shops and locations where they carried out shopfitting work c1960-1990 (46906)

Bury Museum and Archives

  • Hutchinson Family: various ledgers for Daisy Field Mills 1868-1947 (FHU/3)

Cambridgeshire Archives

  • G A Hobbs & Sons (Farms) Ltd of Little Downham: deeds 1763-2019 (R123/059)

Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies

  • Frederick Woodford, carrier of Stone: ledger 1877-1923 (D-X 3215)
  • LHE Gilkes, builders, Aylesbury: records, with those of W Andrews Bakery of Aylesbury 1943-1977 (D-X 2308)
  • The British Fan & Electric Co Ltd: records 1949-1988 (D-X 2333)

Ceredigion Archives

  • Hughes Solicitors, Llanbadarn: papers from an old safe and various legal papers, deeds, correspondence c1899-1922 (DB/126)
  • Arnold Vincent Davies Evans, solicitors, Lampeter: historic deeds and documents rel to properties and legal issues in the hinterlands of Lampeter and from solicitors' practices predating AVDE 18th-20th cent (AVDE)
  • General Stores Ledger, probably Caerwedros area c1845 (DB/129)

Cheshire Archives and Local Studies

  • Samuel Swain and Co, painters, plumbers and ironmongers of Holmes Chapel: account books, order books and notebooks 1880-1901 (D 9540)

Conwy Archive Service

  • Kinmel Bay Land Company: maps of Kinmel Bay Estate c1925-1931 (CMP139)

Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Barrow

  • James Fisher and Sons PLC, engineering and maritime transport company, Barrow-in-Furness: business records incl photographs 19th-20th cent (BDB 89)

Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Whitehaven

  • Cockermouth Savings Bank; Carlisle and North Western Counties Savings Bank: minutes, balance books, day books, cash books, stock registers, declaration book and ledgers c1818-1968 (YDB 104)
  • Haig Colliery Mining Museum: oral history recordings of former coalminers and residents of Newhouses, Whitehaven 1999-2005 (YDSO 195; YDX 779)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle

  • Thomas Hodgson, (fl 1878-1953), architect and builder: financial ledgers (30) showing wages and receipts 1878-1953 (DB 264)
  • James Irving, (fl 1865), stockbroker of Carlisle: bundle of approximately 200 letters and other communications all addressed to Irving from private clients requesting advice 1865 (DB 262)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal

  • Howson Timber Merchants, Kendal: ledgers, cash books and photograph (copy) of Howson family members at marriage of John Howson to Eva May Johnson, April 1919 1911-1953 (WDB 173)
  • Joseph Dover and Sons, Woollen Manufacturers, Farfield Mill, Sedbergh: deeds (some rel to Dover family estates), accounts, corresp, AGM meetings and financial ledgers 1830-1937 (WDB 175)
  • Messrs A Dawson and Son, blacksmiths, Longpool Forge, Kendal: day book, cash book, and ledgers 1960-1975 (WDB 65)
  • Blacksmith's personal account books, Whinfell area 1851-1909 (WDX 2088)

Derbyshire Record Office

  • Mark Anthony Bassano, (c1765-1853), grocer: letters c1832-1861 (D8488)
  • Bryan Donkin & Co. Ltd, mechanical and gas engineers and valve manufacturers, Chesterfield: photographs, employee certificates, product catalogues (1885-1886), Patent notice c1885-1958 (D1851)
  • E Caudwell (Rowsley) Ltd, millers: records including minutes, correspondence, legal papers, operational papers, plant and property papers, newsletters, visitor guides, leaflets and photographs c1915-2018 (D3045)
  • Crompton family of Derby, bankers: John Bell Crompton's correspondence registers (1813-1822); Crompton's Bank account books (1715-1783) & letter book (1807); Flower Lilies Estate (near Duffield) rental book (1938); Stanton Ironworks Company memorandum and articles of association (1900); particulars & maps of Feral Farms, Manor of Holywell, Leicester (1766); sales inventory of Duffield Hall (March 1860) 1715-1904 (D8364)
  • Derby Opera Company: programmes (1912-1979), photographs (c1920-1939) and news cuttings (1946-1981) 1912-1981 (D7755)
  • F & H Whitehead, builders, contractors, wheelwrights & undertakers, Rowsley: customer ledgers and invoice books 1906-1962 (D8494)
  • Fletcher & Stewart Ltd, sugar machinery manufacturers, Derby: staff address books, with letters offering board to employees (c1930s) c1900-1969 (D2653)
  • E Caudwell (Rowsley) Ltd, millers, Rowsley: correspondence, minutes, financial papers and other documents of the Friends of Caudwell's Mill and the Caudwell's Mill Trust Limited, Rowsley 1977-2008 (D3045)
  • Joseph Clayton & Son (Chesterfield) Ltd, tanners & curriers: records including minutes, time books, wage books, stock book, day books, summary books, accounts, order books, contracts book, staff registers, annual reports, news cuttings, photographs, ephemera c1925-2018 (D7993)
  • S Taylor Frith & Co Ltd, lime kilns, Dove Holes: letters, history, copperplates of images found in the history brochure, accounts, photographs, drawings, reports and articles c1883-1969 (D8485)
  • Tailby and George Ltd, Blue Bus Services, Willington: service information and publicity material c1960-1975 (D8470)
  • The Rawson Arms Inn, Ashford: valuation book of contents 1907 (DA/B/P/1/1)
  • Walter Evans & Co, cotton manufacturers, Darley Abbey: letter from Walter Evans to William Frost, thanking him for the "two firm substantial water wheels" which have been built and showing gratitude by enclosing an extra L20 above the charge (19 Sep 1831) 1831 (D5231)

Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)

  • Bellchambers and Moreton, accountants, Newton Abbot: client papers for local businesses 1923-1971 (ZBGO)
  • Arthur Brinicombe, photographer, Exeter: photographic prints and glass plates; some photographs taken for use as postcards c1950-1969 (ZBIU)
  • Wyatt and Son, estate agents and valuers (later Henry Adams, estate agents and valuers), Horsham, West Sussex: valuation books (16) relating to property in Devon c1907-1999 (ZBJS)
  • W. E. Underhill, carpenter and undertaker, Holcombe Rogus: undertaker's notebooks (2), 1914-1991 with sheet of information on the history of the firm 1914-2023 (ZBIX)
  • Seward family of Devon: family records and material rel to farming activities, incl account ledger, Leigh Barton, 1893; farm ledger and wages ledger, Court Barton, Newton St. Cyres, 1912 (farmed by Thomas Seward); bank books, war bonds, personal record; corresp from former German prisoner of war (POW) who worked on Symonds Farm during the Second World War, written in 1948 c1893-1950 (ZBHQ)

Dorset History Centre

  • Chummy Northover Seine Fishing: records rel to the Seine Fishery on Chesil Beach at Chickerell incl correp, informal accounts, purchase and sale receipts, photographs and other records c1900-2000 (D-3333)

Dudley Archives and Local History Service

  • Reginald George Webster, (fl 1945-1983), Managing Director of Weldall Engineering, Old Wharf Road Stourbridge: personal papers and official records of Weldall Engineering incl photographs, plans and corresp c1945-1983 (C10276)
  • Benjamin Baker (Lye) Ltd, horseshoe maker, inventor, patentee and manufacturer, of Lye, Stourbridge: records incl corresp, accounts, scrapbooks, photographs, plans and a/v material c1887-2000 (C10293)

Dundee City Archives

  • Associated Iron-Moulders of Scotland: Dundee C District: roll of members 1878-1931 (GD/X1599)

Durham County Record Office

  • Steve France: records related to closure of Consett steel works 1980 (DCC/REG)

Essex Record Office

  • W W Ball and Son (Burstead Works): Christmas Loan Club papers 1949-1950 (A15957)
  • Fred Taylor & Company, estate agents, Chelmsford: rent collection books for domestic properties in Chelmsford and Ongar 1914-1945 (A16044)
  • W & H Marriage & Sons Ltd, grain millers, Chelmsford: additional records, including farm account and labour books and cropping returns for Bedfords Farm, Baileys Farm, Fridays Farm, Herons Farm and Mount Pleasant Farm 1872-1958 (A15968)
  • Marshall Sissons, architects, Cambridgeshire: additional plans of Essex churches and properties 1938-2007 (A16072)
  • B H Vos & Zonen, wool merchants, Bradford: bills of lading for Great Eastern Railway Company ships sailing from the Port of Harwich to Rotterdam 1880-1888 (A15970)

Flintshire Record Office

  • John Philip Jones, agent for Halkyn Mines: note book c1830 (D/DM/1921/1)

Glamorgan Archives

  • Howells (later House of Fraser) department store, Cardiff: records, incl deeds of Bethany Baptist Chapel; photographs of staff, events, shopfloor and trade displays; newspaper cuttings; advertisements; some miscellaneous correspondence and accounts c1807-2000 (D1680)
  • Cardiff Business Club: list of speakers; annual programme; invitations for events; correspondence from Clarence House, The Prince of Wales' Office c2003-2008 (D1920)
  • Sessions and Sons Ltd, builders merchants, of Cardiff and Gloucester: records of the Cardiff branch, and personal papers of its successive managing directors, Arthur Sessions (1849-1915) and (Arthur) Bertram Sessions (1884-1942) 1849-1950 (D1951)

Gloucestershire Archives

  • Trotters of Coleford, drapers, clothiers and general retailers: deeds of messuage and land in Coleford, 1755-1845, and of 7-8 Market Place, 1805-1914; balance sheets and financial statements, 1954-1992, including Directors' reports, 1979-1991; memorandum and articles of association, 1900; photographs and plan of front of shop, 1933 and n.d.; register of members and share ledger 1900-04; account books 1900-88 1755-1992 (16403)
  • Duni Farm, Minsterworth: farm and personal diaries, 1844-1866, with sales catalogues for sale of cider at Duni's Farm 1870-1874 1844-1874 (16547.3)
  • Halls & Keck Ltd, builders and contractors, Cheltenham: business records including minute books, staff records, articles of association, financial records, sales catalogues, architects plans, photographs and newspaper cuttings 1906-2012 (16375, 16431)

Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

  • Hayter and Sons of Portchester, cartmakers: account books including customer ledger, 1884-1928; day book, 1893-1902; cash book, 1939-46; notebooks recording various accounts, e.g. staff wages and partners' salaries, estimates, rents for advertising signs, and accounts with local tradesmen, further related papers including correspondence, billheads, financial records, and drawings c1884-1940 (70A23)

Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

  • Brown & Merry of Bedford, estate agents: valuation records of property in Ippollitts, Hemel Hempstead, Ashwell, Hexton and Charlton 1914-1919 (Acc 6489)
  • JW French and Co Ltd, millers: wages ledger for French's Flour Mill, Ware 1921-1925 (Acc 6550)

Highland Archives

  • Culduthel Mains Farm, Inverness: records incl bank book, school jotters, cash book, waste books, day book, diary, notebooks, publications 19th-20th cent (D1771)

Hull History Centre (Hull City Archives)

  • Barnby and Rust, jewellers: records incl copies and original documents consulted when writing the book "The Barnby and Rust Story: watchmakers, jewellers and silversmiths in Hull for over 200 years" by Alan Marshall and Gill Roberts. Also incl bundle of adverts and gift catalogues 1787-2006 (C DBBR)
  • Ringrose and Sons, shipping: bills of lading regarding goods shipped from Rotterdam to Hull, mostly rel to vessels of Ringrose and Sons 1886-1889 (C DIHB)
  • Ruddock and Sons, wine merchants, Hessle Road, Hull: records incl ledgers 1895-1968 (C DBRS)

Inverclyde Archives

  • Thomas Boag, bag makers of Greenock: minutes c1930-1940 (2023.06)

Isle of Man Public Record Office

  • Isle of Man Douglas Waterworks Co: records incl receipt of compensatory payment 1861 (A271)

Kent History and Library Centre

  • Bensted family of Milton and Iwade: farming accounts with related maps and sales particulars 1869-1952 (U4290)
  • William Nash & Co, papermakers: records of Horton Kirby Paper Mill, including articles of association, minutes, accounts, order books, maintenance records, paper samples, corresp, staff records, files relating to the redevelopment of the site (2005) and paper samples from Eynsford Paper Mill c1910-2005 (U4291)
  • Arjowiggins Chartham Mill Ltd: records of Chartham Paper Mill and predecessor owners incl wage books, private journals, purchase ledgers, account ledgers and cash books, drawings, correspondence, Safety Committee minutes, photographs, sample book, printing plates, specifications, machinery maintenance books and marketing materials c1871-2021 (U4304)
  • Samuel or Saphire Paramor of Eastry, landowner and money-lender: accounts 1686-1714 (U4320)

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for

  • Harborough Theatre: scrap books (1933-2023), programmes (c1960- 1989) and photographs of productions (c1990- 2023) 1933-2023 (DE10695)
  • J Green & Partners, motor and general engineers, Stathern: ledger 1944-1949 (DE10691)
  • Leicester railway station (formerly Leicester Campbell Street railway station and Leicester London Road railway station): account books, timetables and other papers 1947-2003 (DE10687)
  • Ruddles Brewery Ltd, brewers, Rutland: notebooks of G Ruddle & GKF Ruddle relating to beer brewing and Langham Brewery Management Conference minute books 1895-1952 (DE10586)
  • Packall Ltd, packaging specialists & printers, Old Humberstone: photographs of premises, vehicles, packing crates, Alfred & Emily Anderson, children, animals and note about the Company & family 1948-1968 (DE10619)
  • Brucciani (Midlands) Ltd, cafe, Leicester: minutes, accounts, printed material, photographs and plans; includes records of JS Winn Bakery and Cafes c1920-2019 (DE10547)
  • G Stibbe & Co Ltd, knitwear machinery manufacturer, Leicester: agreements with agents in UK and Europe, orders, expenses, etc; account Books (1924-1974), includes private ledger for Hosiery Machine Building Co Ltd, Nottingham (1953-1960) c1891-1974 (DE10662 & DE10648)
  • N Corah & Sons Ltd, hosiery manufacturers, Leicester: photographs, price lists and other records 1876-2023 (DE10677)
  • Palitoy Co, toy and game manufacturers, Coalville (formerly Cascelloid Co): digital copies of catalogues (1950-1985), various catalogue pages, advertisements and photographs of toys (c1927-1979) c1927-1985 (DE10637)
  • Walter T Garton, hosiery manufacturer, Croft: orders, accounts & wages 1918-1923 (DE10567)
  • William Biggs, (1804-1881), hosier, Mayor & MP for Newport: memoriam book, record of speeches, passport, cuttings and pedigrees, genealogical research papers and various other records relating to the Biggs family including scrapbook of John Worthington Biggs 19th-20th cent (DE10603)
  • Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Ltd, aircraft manufacturers, Thurmaston and Syston: Auster Aircraft Works diaries, newsletters and other records 1942-1991 (DE10596)

Lincolnshire Archives

  • Massingberd family of Gunby Hall: additional business, estate and personal papers including correspondence and diaries 17th-20th cent (2-MG)
  • Unnamed blacksmith: account book c1847-1856 (MISC DEP 753)
  • Unnamed apothecary, Lincolnshire: apothecary book c1881 (MISC DON 2136)
  • William Watkins, (1834–1926), architect & unknown architect: elevation drawings of Girls High School and Lincoln St Martin's Church (c1869 & 1891) c1869-1891 (MISC DON 2142)
  • Falkner & Co, solicitors, Louth: letter books 1877-1910 (MISC DON 2144)
  • Witham Navigation Co: statement of accounts (1841-1843), agreements (1844-1845), counterpart lease (1850), extract (19th cent) 1842-1939 (MISC DON 2148/1)

Liverpool Record Office

  • Criddle family, treacle manufacturers: papers incl corresp, vol of mss quotations and newspaper cuttings of letters to local press 1931-1961 (Acc 7668)

London Metropolitan Archives: City of London

  • Sir Nicholas Goodison (1934-2021), businessman: records of public duties rel to stock exchange and banking; reports, debates, speeches and correspondence rel to the Goodison Group 1972-2015 (Accession number: B23/014)
  • George Farmiloe And Sons Ltd., lead and glass merchants, London: order books and operational records; finance and staff records; product catalogues and promotional material; deeds; Farmiloe family papers; records of predecessor and associated bodies such as Island Lead Mills 19th-21st cent (Accession number: B23/075)

Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre

  • MS Michael, manufacturers of school and sportswear, Chatham: company records c1950-1979 (ACC1573)
  • Featherstones Memories Project: video of interviews rel to memories of Featherstones department stores 2022 (ACC1596)

Museum of Croydon

  • L. H. Turtle Ltd., hardware store, Croydon: records 1894-2008 (AR1182A1182)

Norfolk Record Office

  • Standley & Co of Norwich and Wymondham, solicitors: clients deeds relating to property in Barnham Broom, Barford, Longham, Easton, Timberhill in Norwich, Rockland Tofts, Manor of East Harling and Dickleburgh 1602-1971 (ACC 2022/159)
  • Cadge & Gilbert, solicitors, Loddon: additional clients papers, including deeds and estate records 18th-20th cent (ACC 2022/150)
  • Bloomfields Ltd, fish salesmen, Great Yarmouth: architectural drawings of their premises in South Denes, Great Yarmouth 1911 (ACC 2023/117)
  • J & J Colman Ltd, mustard, cornflour and starch manufacturers, Norwich: maintenance ledger for the Mustard Mill; papers concerning the Tin Department manufacturing processes; slides of products and labels 20th cent (ACC 2022/139)
  • William Chapman Junior, baker, corn, seed and meal merchant of Loddon: day book grocery accounts and customer ledger 1888-1911 (ACC 2022/152)
  • Thomas William Ellis, (fl1836-1900), and his wife Georgina Ellis, dispensing chemists of Loddon: customer prescriptions, and diary of Thomas William Ellis 1887-1912 (BR 406)
  • William Porter Baker, (1889-1968), gas engineer, property owner and local football administrator of Cromer: personal and business papers and papers relating to Cromer Football Club and football in Norfolk 1906-1968 (ACC 2023/50, ACC 2023/63)
  • The Florida Group Ltd (formerly Florida Shoe Factory (Norwich) Ltd), shoe manufacturers and retailers, Norwich: minute books, accounts, correspondence files and printed catalogues 1935-2010 (ACC 2022/158)
  • William Cox, coachbuilder, wheelwright and carpenter, Alburgh: customer ledgers 1895-1933 (BR 408)
  • William Forster, solicitor, Aylsham: deeds and related papers; papers relating to George Womack, draper of Norwich and other clients, including documents relating to SS Hunstanton c1883-1965 (MC 3663, MC 3586)

Northumberland Archives

  • The Bridge Of Aln Hotel, Near Whittingham, Northumberland: ledgers of financial information and bar tabs (36) c.1930-2001; duplicate books, 1977-1982; miscellaneous receipts and invoices, leaflets and notebooks (13) c.1930-1970; rolled plans of site and buildings (3) c1930-2001 (B/BOA [NRO 12616])

Nottinghamshire Archives

  • Edward Cowpe, (fl1776), maltster and farmer, of Dunsill Farm & later Mansfield Woodhouse: observation book with transcript (21st cent) 1776 (10369)
  • James Hole and Co Castle Brewery, Newark on Trent: account book (1886-1894) and two copper printing blocks c1886-1915 (10476)
  • Ray Gale & Suella Postles, researchers: research material including photographs and scrapbooks relating to George Africanus (c1763–1834), a West African born slave later Nottingham-based entrepreneur 1980-2023 (10530)
  • John Beeley, (1799-1870), farmer, of Hill Top Farm, Norton Cuckney: personal and business papers including invoices and receipts, Welbeck Estate terriers, tax, and malting business papers (c1830-1859); copy of the publication, 'The Beeleys of Bolsover and Cuckney' by A T Goulden [1960] c1830-2023 (10467)
  • Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, Nottingham: photographs of the site preparation, construction, completion, and opening of the centre 1970-1975 (10468)
  • Parker & Farr Ltd, furniture manufacturers, Beeston: photographs and sales records 1978-1982 (10497)
  • Raleigh Cycle Co, Nottingham: magazines, photographs and slides of demolition of old Raleigh factory; printed publications relating to Nottingham (including street maps) 20th cent (10414)
  • Thomas Fish & Sons Ltd, building contractors and joinery manufacturers, Nottingham: newsletters, photographs 20th cent (10495)
  • W Robinson (Nottingham) Ltd, wholesale dealers in wallpapers, paints, etc: memorandum and articles of association, advertising material and photograph of Derby showroom 1905-1952 (10431)
  • Hercules Cycle and Motor Company: list of employees with name, salary or wage, date of birth, sex, date of entering service (RESTRICTED ACCESS); summary of suggested pension schemes (1940-1944) c1940-1949 (10320 &10388)

Pembrokeshire Archives and Local Studies

  • T J Harries, drapers, London: business records incl wages, log and invoice books, and ledgers 1946-1997 (5753)

Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

  • E Dingle & Co Ltd, Plymouth: records incl lease, Directors minutes, share register, financial records, advertising material, photographs and newspaper cuttings; also incl some material on the Ivybridge and Tavistock branch 1833-2011 (4521)

Powys Archives

  • The Rhiwarth Slate and Slab Co., Rhiwarth Slate Quarry, Llangynog, Montgomeryshire: ledger and payslips 19th cent (M/X/327)
  • The Co-operative Store, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire: ledgers (10) detailing customer names, orders and prices 1941-1947 (M/BI/12)
  • H. Einion Jones, general ironmonger and grocer, Llanfair Caereinion: records, incl ledgers (6) and photographs (3) depicting the shop frontage 1932-1967 (M/BI/11)
  • Seren Gomer, first Welsh language newspaper, founded by Joseph Harris (Gomer, 1773-1825): editions from 12 March 1814 and 9 April 1814 1814 (P/X/82)
  • Vaughan & Vaughan, solicitors, Breconshire: deeds (7) 1500-1800 (B/D/VV)

Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library and Archive

  • Sutton-Mattocks and Co LLP, solicitors, Barnes: title deeds for properties in Richmond upon Thames 1868-1962 (AD364)
  • Edward Hugh Bates, founder of Batwin (also known as Power Contract), and Bates and Son, businesses converting workshops and factories from steam and gas power to electricity: business and personal records 1880-1961 (AD394)

Rochdale Local Studies and Archive

  • Arkwright Spinning Co. Ltd: account books 1865-1907 (C/COT/ARK/1)
  • State Mill: records incl minute books, contracts, plans and promotional material 1917-1990 (C/IND/COT/STATE/1)
  • Spodden Mill Manufacturing Co.: minute books, wage books, balance sheets, corresp and liquidation documents 1905-1958 (C/IND/COT/SPO/1)

Sheffield City Archives

  • Langsett Industries Ltd, Cycle Manufacturers and Toy Dealers: account books c1953-1975 (X1051)
  • Collins the Bakers, Broomhill: accounts and wage books 1976-2006 (2023/90)
  • Peter Joseph Worth, (fl1862-1935), former manager of the Grand Hotel, Sheffield: family and business papers incl photographs, corresp, menus, brochures, illuminated addresses and certificates 1862-1935 (2023/85)
  • Swift Levick and Sons Ltd, Steel and Magnet Manufacturers, Sheffield: business records 1879-2021 (X1001)

Shropshire Archives

  • Palethorpes Ltd, sausage and pork pie co, of Market Drayton: records incl minutes, accounts, publicity material and photographs 1898-2002 (9986)
  • Rickards of Ludlow: records incl Grand and Petty Ledgers, day books and receipts 19th-21st cent (9972)
  • Gough-Thomas and Scott, solicitors of Ellesmere: ledgers (4) 1934-1955 (9944)

Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)

  • J. Ridler and Sons Ltd, shoe retailers, Minehead and Porlock: incl corresp, accounts, photographs of shop front and displays and other administrative papers. c1900-2000 (A/DFP)
  • Vincent George Gale (1932-2012), veterinary surgeon: business, family and personal papers c1900-2010 (A/FCY)
  • J. Ridler & Sons Ltd, shoe retailers, Minehead and Porlock: minutes, 1919-1987, and financial ledgers, incl accounts and details of shares c1919-1990 (A/DFP)
  • Debenhams Memories Project: oral history group recordings of former members of Debenhams staff in Taunton, Somerset, with photographs and documents collected by the contributors c1900-2021 (A/FAR)

Special Collections, The Mitchell Library

  • James Templeton & Co Ltd, carpet manufacturers: additional records incl photographs 1930-1970 (1,003,809)

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office

  • Unidentified shopkeeper of Harriseahead: account books of a general store 1812-1816 (7958)

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Stoke-on-Trent City Archives

  • Hanley Consumers Gas Company: scrapbook 1858-1865 (SD 2005)
  • British Aluminium Company: Milton factory wages book, cash book and purchase book 1897-1913 (SD 2018)
  • Account book of grocer in the Cobridge area 1898-1899 (SD 2014)

Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds Branch

  • Unnamed apothecary, Suffolk: notebook rel to customers from the West Suffolk area, including Lawshall, Cockfield and Hawstead 1743-1746 (HD3483)
  • Badwell Ash Mill: day book containing accounts (1925 - 1930) and account books (Mill and possibly other work) 1899 -1914 (5 vols) 1854-1938 (HD3482)

Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

  • Tollemache & Cobbold Breweries Ltd: additional records, including Tolly Cobbold Brewery accounts and licensed houses ledgers, and Star Brewery (Cambridge) Ltd summary of tenancies (indexed) c1850-1966 (HD4313)
  • C K Squirrell & Sons Ltd, corn merchants, Bildeston: additional records, including sales and purchase ledgers, policy orderbooks and wage book 1852-1951 (HC494)
  • Arthur Bedwell, builder, Lowestoft: account book 1870-1909 (HD4311)
  • Prettys, solicitors, Ipswich: clients deeds and other papers 1696-1968 (HB469)

Surrey History Centre

  • Claud Waterer, estate agent of Chertsey: sale particulars, inventories and valuations, sale posters, correspondence and papers relating to properties in Surrey 1842-1907 (10354)

Teesside Archives

  • Blair & Co., marine engine builders, Stockton-on-Tees: steamers particulars book c1880-1919 (7941)
  • F. Hills & Sons, door manufacturers, Stockton-on-Tees: ledgers and minutes 1936-1970 (7975)

Tyne and Wear Archives

  • Middle Docks and Engineering Co Ltd, South Shields: apprentices book and yard manager's diaries 1920s-1980s (6060)
  • Seymour Bell, land agent and valuer, Darlington:particulars of properties on the Townley Estates, the parishes of Ryton and Winlaton, County Durham, and the Stanley estate in the chapelry of Tanfield 1878 (6046)
  • John Readhead & Sons Ltd, shipbuilders, South Shields: data book of ship numbers 1865-1971 (6054)

Walsall Archives

  • Whitehouse Cox and Co: account ledgers and directors minute book 1911-1990 (1706)
  • John Leckie and Co, leather works, Walsall: sales catalogue bound in large vol, contains hand drawn impressions of products as well as photographs of them in use nd (1741)

Warwickshire County Record Office

  • Newdigate Colliery, Bedworth: wages account book 1924-1925 (CR5233)

West Glamorgan Archive Service

  • Messrs Strick and Bellingham, solicitors, Swansea: bundles of pre-registration title deeds rel to various properties in Swansea and surrounding area 1860s-1970s (D/D SB 32/15-30)

West Sussex Record Office

  • Solomon Wine, grocer of Littlehampton (c1882-1966): records relating to Solomon Wine (previously known as Schliania Wiewiora or Solomon Viner) 1845-2000 (20543)
  • Ashmore and Son, builders, Rusper: ledgers 1903-1972 (20660)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Kirklees

  • Joseph Clay And Co, Manufacturers of Flannels, Shirtings, Coatings, Etc. West End Mills, Cleckheaton: sales ledger, indexed by company name. Provides name and address of companies ordering goods, date of order, product code, cost of order, date and method of payment c1920-1959 (KC308 (ADDNL))
  • T W Birks And Son Funeral Directors, Holmfirth: record books (3 vols) providing details of the individuals and families that the firm provided funeral rites for c1929-1979 (WYK1998)

Wigan Archives and Local Studies

  • Makerfield Mill: ledger 1845-1855 (Acc. 2023/30)

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

  • Auctioneer's and Estate Agents Institute: Wiltshire branch records 1901-1948 (2943)
  • Stephen Wentworth of Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire: farm account book 1780-1826 (4640)

Wirral Archives Service

  • Cammell Laird, shipbuilders: ledgers and albums of newspaper cuttings 1902-1980 (2539)
  • Cammell Laird, shipbuilders: salary ledgers 1896-1972 (2537)

Wolverhampton City Archives

  • Wolverhampton Steam Laundry: historical notes, photographs and slides c1920-1984 (DB-91)

National

Island Archives, Guernsey

  • Coach House Gallery: records, including photographs, financial records, exhibition lists and artist details. 1975-2023 (AQ 1742 to AQ 1746)
  • Reginald Smith, grower, of the parish of Forest: diaries, incl the years during the Occupation 1944-1980 (2023-044)
  • Nicholas Le Huray Brehaut, farmer, of the parish of Torteval: diaries, incl the years during the Occupation. Also Brehaut family documents including diaries and photographs 1877-1967 (AQ 1732 to AQ 1737 and 2023-029)

National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services

  • Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff: archive incl cards, catalogues, exhibition lists, artists' letters, gallery adverts, press articles on the gallery and exhibitions, and art fair catalogues 1980-2022

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

  • Bigger & Strahan, solicitors, Belfast: volumes (34) c1870-1984 (D4893/UNL/1)

Special

Mills Archive

  • Millers' Mutual Association: records of the National Association of British and Irish Millers (NABIM, renamed UK Flour Millers) and the Millers' Mutual Association, with related papers including minutes of NABIM, MMA, the Flour Milling Employers Federation, the National Joint Industrial Council for the Flour Milling Industry and other bodies; deeds of purchase for mills; patents; accounts and financial documents; policies; cereal stock forms; photographs. c1890-1989 (MMAC)

Warrington Museum of Art and Gallery

  • United Commercial Travellers’ Association, Warrington and District Branch: minute book, members register and subs register 1906-1947 (WMS 3003)

University

Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York

  • York Waterworks Co: plan of the City of York showing the Works Reservoir and pipes belonging to the Co 1852-1903 (YWC [2023/067])
  • Philip Rowntree, (1908-1977), Rowntree Co and JRRT director: household ledgers of Joseph Rowntree, Rowntree family photographs and DVD copy of BBC documentary 'A Life Without Work' concerning Seebohm Rowntree's unemployment survey 1862-2010 (2023/093)
  • Terry family of York: papers incl corresp, photographs and legal and personal papers of the Terry family of chocolate manufacturers 1840s-1990s ([2023/077])

De Montfort University Archives

  • Dame Zandra Rhodes, (b1940), Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and fashion designer: licensing folders, garments, merchandise, costings and production folders, press cuttings, audio-visual recordings, sketches and drawings 1965-2002 (ZR)

Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections

  • Falkirk Iron Company: photograph album recording First World War work of the company that switched to the production of munitions in 1915 1915-1918 (SC-Acc-2023-0185)

Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)

  • Ellerman's Wilson Line (EWL): wages account book for "Gay Corsair" and file for "Fort St. James" c1940-1949 (U DX417)

London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections

  • J Whitaker and Sons Ltd, publishers: records of the publishers of Whitaker's Almanac 19th-21st cent (WHITAKER)

Museum of English Rural Life

  • Churn Estates Ltd: minutes, financial papers, reports and files 1950-1996
  • Davis's Farm, Bishopdown, Salisbury: salary books 1936-1945
  • Farm Business Survey: field books, far returns for Northern Counties managed by University of Newcastle 1868-1982
  • James Stephen Langford, farmer of Newtown Lodge Farm, Shefford Woodlands, Berkshire: farming business records including diaries, 1930-1979 with annual agricultural returns; labour records, 1942-1981; Corn account book and labour book, 1848-1878, 1979-1981; annual farm accounts, 1943-1965, 1981; Langford family bank books, 1805-1903. Includes transcripts of the diaries; research into Shefford Woodlands and the Langford family; crop rotation map 1805-1981
  • Robert Lee Bee Supplies Ltd, Uxbridge: includes trade catalogues, films produced either by or for Robert Lee 1900-1986
  • T Mulchinock, farmer of Goose Green Farm, Yate, Bristol: farming business records incl diaries, financial accounts, milk records, tractor and combine harvester manuals and parts list, material rel to the soil of the area 1952-1989
  • Georgie Wolton, landscape architect: landscape drawings, project files, photographs c1960-1999
  • Geo Monro Ltd, agricultural machinery and implement manufacturers, Waltham Cross: order registers for machinery: Rowtrac, Rototiller 56, Rototiller 35, Monro Tiller series I, II, and III 1946-1965

Oxford Brookes University: Special Collections

  • Ronald F. Jones (1926-2021), hotelier: papers rel to his work managing Claridge's and other hotels, and to his consultancy work, together with papers relating to his wife Eve's work as a journalist and food writer, incl correspondence, photographs, menus and published work c1940-2021 (2023/4)