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Total number of records: 38

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Business Archives16
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture6

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textile industry38
business records17
commercial correspondence8
occupations6
culture5
community life4
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animals3
diaries3
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Murphy, William S12
Albery, William1
Calverley, William1
Cooper, Mary1
Cooper, William1
Crump, William Bunting (1868-1950)1
Edward Ripley and Son1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Henley, Fred1
Henley, Mrs Fred1

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William Lister Marriner notebook

Marriner, William Lister (1825-1906)

c.1885

The file comprises a manuscript notebook written by William Lister Marriner containing anecdotes particurlarly about people local to Keighley. It contains one relating to Abraham Wildman, the Keighle...

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William Rhodes Limited, Business Archive

1845-1937

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Birkenshaw ...

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James Eccles Williams, notes on economic history

Williams, James Eccles

c.1950-1962

Comprises notes on Oldham cotton spinners and Derbyshire miners, with numerous typed extracts from the 'Derbyshire Times'.

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William Ackroyd, Otley Mills, Business Archive

William Ackroyd Limited

1817-1963

Comprises various ledgers, notebooks, legal documents, cash and wages books, and books concerning stock balances. -------

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William and Jonn Clarkson Limited, Business Archive

William and Jonn Clarkson Limited

1855-1862

William & Jonathan Clarkson, Ltd Smale Well Mill, Pudsey. Woollen cloth manufacturers,

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William Hanson and Company Limited, Business Archive

William Hanson and Company Limited

1924-1954

Comprises: 1) Credit ledgers, 1931-1951; 2) Debit ledgers, 1927-1950; 3) Invoice day-books for payments, 1929-1951; 4) Day-book for receipts, 1943-1951; 5) Wage books, 1924-1950; 6) Purcha...

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William Lupton and Company Limited, Business Archive

William Lupton and Company Limited

1694-1958

Comprises: (1) Ledgers containing nominal, private, and various personal accounts, 1748-1919; (2) Creditors ledgers and purchase data, 1790-1882; (3) Debtors ledgers and sales data, 1790-1888; (4) Day...

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William Willans and Company Limited, Business Archive

William Willans and Company Limited; Willans, William (1800-1863)

1825-1836

Comprises: (1) Journal, 1825-26, and wool sales, 1831-36; (2) Cash book, 1825-30; (3) General ledger, 1825-30; (4) Scrapbook of invoices and correspondence, 1825-31.

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John Reddihough Limited and William Gawthorp & Company, Business Archive

John Reddihough Limited; William Gawthorp and Company

1875-1922

Summary of Contents: 1. Private Business Records of John Reddihough. 1875-1922. 2. Records referring to William Gawthorp & Company. 1882-97. See W. R. Millmore, 'John Reddihough Ltd, Bradford: a...

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Leeds Petition, 1692-3, concerning the cloth trade, signed by William Calverley, mayor, and 176 others

Calverley, William

c.1692

Comprises 'the humble petition of the inhabitants within the town and parish of Leeds to the honourable the knights, citizens and burgesses in Parliament assembled'.

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Miscellaneous antiquarian notes, mainly relating to the Yorkshire textile industry, compiled by William Bunting Crump, ca. 1920-1935

William B. Crump

c.1920-1935

1-3 Small note books on navigations and woollen industry, c. 1920-30. 4. Note book "C" on common fields, 1924. 5. Note book "P" on enclosure awards, 1929. 6-8. Packets of loose papers on enclosures an...

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Business papers

1822-1950

This file includes two cards showing trademarks, two bills of account, letterheads, W. Lister's business card, photocopies of letters and bills, transcriptions of letters, copy of indenture binding Wi...

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