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Total number of records: 15

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Business Archives11
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse1
Brotherton Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
business records15
textile industry11
commercial correspondence4
letters1
flax spinning1
samples (commerce)1
english poetry1
diaries1
boards of trade1
coal mines and mining1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Messrs Rhodes and Kitchener Limited1
Marshall, John (1765-1845)1
Oates, Arthur Donald1
Willans, William (1800-1863)1
William Willans and Company Limited1
William and Jonn Clarkson Limited1
Marriner, William Lister (1825-1906)1
Longbottom, Edward1
Bowater, Richard1
Akroyd, Jonathan1

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From 180011

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Up to 189914

Archive Collection

Jonathan Akroyd Business Archive

Akroyd, Jonathan

c.1772-1802

Lane Head, Ovenden, near Halifax. Clothier, in partnership until c. 1782 with his younger brother James, founder of James Akroyd & Sons, stuff manufacturers, worsted spinners and merchants, 49 North...

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Marshall and Company, Business Archive

1788-1886

The firm was founded in 1788 by John (1765 - 1845), son of a Leeds draper, to take advantage of recent developments in the spinning of flax by machine. He set up a partnership with Samuel Fenton and R...

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Edward Longbottom and family, Dyers of Batley, Business Archive

Longbottom, Edward

c.1831-1885

The collection has been divided into four groups: pattern books (numbers 1-4); recipe books (numbers 5-19); day books (numbers 20-27); and miscellaneous items (numbers 28-30). The pattern books con...

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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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George Crowther and Company Limited, Business Archive

George Crowther and Company

1833-1883

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

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George Hattersley and Sons Limited, Business Archive

1845-1888

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

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Joseph Lee, Business Archive

Joseph Lee

1675-c.1834

A volume used for different purposes at various periods and by a merchant concern (1675-92) previous to its use by Lee,1675-92. Invoices of cloths (plus a few skins) bought and sent to Mr John Sykes (...

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John Raistrick and Sons, Business Archive

John Raistrick and Sons

1864-1893

Comprises: (1) Order book, 1864-77, with a few other papers inserted; (2) Correspondence, in a letter book, with W.H. Chard and Company, Sydney, and W. Pearce and Company, Durban, 1875-90, together wi...

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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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Account book for Middleton Colliery for the year 1806.

1805-1807

Comprises the accounts ledger for Middleton Colliery for the working year beginning 27 December 1805 and ending 2 January 1807.

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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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