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British Shoe Corporation Records

Catalogue reference: DE 2357

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This record is about the British Shoe Corporation Records dating from 1698 - 1968.

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Reference
DE 2357
Title
British Shoe Corporation Records
Date
1698 - 1968
Description

British Shoe Corporation 1 - 2

Freeman Hardy and Willis 3 - 130

Business Records 3 - 25

Title Deeds - Leicester 26 - 65

Bedford 66 - 70

Bristol 71 - 75

Cambridge 76

Lancaster 77 - 89

Oxford 90 - 98

Preston 99 - 113

Salisbury 114 - 115

Scarborough 116 - 125

Yarmouth 126 - 130

Freeman Hardy and Willis (Kettering) 131 - 136

Leavesley and North Ltd 137

True-Form Boot Co. (J. Sears and Co.) 138 - 163

General 138 - 142

Branches 143 - 150

True-Form (Dublin) Boot Co. 151 - 163

Dolcis (Upsons Ltd) 164 - 177

C.W. Barron and Co. 178 - 181

Manfield 182 - 190

Lilley and Skinner/Saxone 191

A.L. Scott 192 - 199

Other Small Companies: The Stratford Court Hotel; Active Modern Shoes; Alexander Boyd; Arch Preserver Shoes; Dutton and Thorowgood; Easy Goer Shoes; Ebbern and Co; Cook Ltd; G & W Morton; Porter and Co; Selberite; Trur Poise; Vani-Tred. 200 - 228

Miscellaneous. 229 - 244

Held by
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>British Shoe Corporation, Leicester</corpname>
Physical description
217 Files
Immediate source of acquisition

Records deposited per the Company Secretary, British Shoe Corporation Ltd., Sunningdale Road, Leicester LE3 1UR.

27 April 1982.

Administrative / biographical background

The British Shoe Corporation was formed in 1956 by Sir Charles Clore. In 1953 he had taken over the company of J. Sears and Co., an amalgamation of J. Sears and Freeman Hardy and Willis Ltd. The company later took over Manfield and Son Ltd., Dolcis Ltd., Lilley and Skinner Ltd., Curtess and Saxone Shoe companies and The Stratford Court Hotel Ltd.

Currently Genis (FC) Ltd - 15.1.03.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/0e8de9d1-d60c-4133-bb2b-585857c4e478/

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British Shoe Corporation Records