J. C. Waddington and Sons Limited
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Type of record: Archive
Title: J. C. Waddington and Sons Limited
Classmark: BUS/Waddington
Creator(s): J.C. Waddington and Sons Limited
Date(s): 1816-1959
Language: English
Size and medium: 41 items in 24 vols and 6 boxes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/6968
Collection group(s): Business Archives
Description
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Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections.
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The records of a woollen and worsted dyeing company:
Comprises:
(1) Miscellaneous nineteenth-century records, 1816-1902;
(2) Wage books, 1863-1929;
(3) Twentieth-century trade and production records, 1907-1947.
Most of the nineteenth century documents refer to the company when it was known as William Brayshaw and Sons.
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Biography or history
J. C. Waddington and Sons Limited, of Crown Point Dye-Works, East Street, Leeds, were woollen and worsted dyers, established in 1869. The firm was until April 1869 known as William Brayshaw and Sons. Most of the nineteenth-century records relate to the latter.
Provenance
There is no entry on the original handlist for BUS/Waddington/25
System of arrangement
The BUS/Waddington catalogue is based on an historic inventory, created in 1968. The arrangement of material does not necessarily represent the original order of the archive and it is considered partly processed by an archivist. When making requests to consult, please be aware that there may be discrepancies between description and physical arrangement. The retrievable unit for this collection is file level.
Access and usage
Access
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