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ICI Paints Division, Stowmarket
Catalogue reference: HC411
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This record is about the ICI Paints Division, Stowmarket dating from 1871-1979.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HC411
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Title (The name of the record)
- ICI Paints Division, Stowmarket
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1871-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records relating to the I.C.I. Paints Division site at Stowmarket, comprising original records of successive owners of the site from the early 1880s, sundry printed papers re I.C.I. Ltd., and photographs, including some of the aftermath of the 1871 explosion at the works.
HC411/1 MINUTES, 1929 - 1932
HC411/2 REGISTERS OF EMPLOYEES, etc. c. 1883 - 1974
HC411/3 FINANCIAL RECORDS c. 1913 - 1938
HC411/4 PHOTOGRAPHS, c. 1871 - 1970s
HC411/5 MISCELLANEOUS
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- <corpname>Patent Safety Gun Cotton Co Ltd, 1863-1874, Stowmarket, Suffolk, manufacturers</corpname>
- <corpname>Necol Industrial Collodions Ltd, 1918-1926, industrial lacquer manufacturers</corpname>
- <corpname>New Explosives Co Ltd, 1885-1907, Stowmarket, Suffolk</corpname>
- <corpname>Nobel Chemical Finishes Ltd, 1907-1919, Stowmarket, Suffolk</corpname>
- <corpname>ICI Ltd, Paints Division, 1926- , Stowmarket, Suffolk</corpname>
- <corpname>Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, Paints Division, 1926- , Stowmarket, Suffolk</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5 series
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Received by Suffolk Record Office on 14 July 1981
Acc. no. 6141
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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A brief history of the Stowmarket Works
The Stowmarket Gun Cotton works (Patent Safety Gun Cotton Co. Ltd.,) was built in 1863 on land owned mainly by the Prentice family. An explosion on 11th August 1871 demolished the works, killing 24 people and injuring 75. The works was rebuilt in 1873/74 and re-named the Stowmarket Guncotton Company. The Prentice family sold the factory in 1880 when a new company, the Explosives Company took over. The factory was extended in 1885 and the name changed to the New Explosives Co. Ltd. More land was purchased in 1896 when building of a new Cordite factory commenced, being completed in 1898. By 1907 the works had been acquired by Nobel's Explosives Ltd. The factory was put on a war footing in 1914, employing women for the first time. After the war, the factory was turned over to the manufacture of industrial lacquer etc., and the name changed to Necol Industrial Collodions Ltd. The site was acquired by I.C.I. in 1926.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/00bad737-b187-4f01-8c63-e540754af59c/
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ICI Paints Division, Stowmarket