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Ridley's Coal and Iron Company, Bury St. Edmunds
Catalogue reference: HC516
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This record is about the Ridley's Coal and Iron Company, Bury St. Edmunds dating from 1774-1947.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HC516
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ridley's Coal and Iron Company, Bury St. Edmunds
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1774-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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Business records and photograph of premises
Entries in trade directories relating to the company
1844 John Ridley jun., 39 Eastgate Street, coal merchant
1855 John Ridley, 62 Northgate Street
1864 Ridley and Son
1868 John Ridley and Son, coal, iron, nail, slate and timber merchant, 62 Northgate Street
1874 Arthur Ridley, iron, nail, coal and corn merchant, grindstone dealer and proprietor of public weighbridge, 1 Out Northgate; Railway depot
1885 Arthur Ridley (executors of), iron, nail and coal merchant and proprietor of public weighing machine, Station Yard
1904 Ridley and Andrews, coal, iron, nail and builders' merchants, Northgate Street
1908 Ridley and Andrews, coal, iron, nail and builders' merchants, agricultural implement agents and moss litter merchants, Northgate Street
1912 Ridley's Coal and Iron Co. (rest of entry as 1908)
1933 Ridley's Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., coal and iron merchants and agricultural implement agents
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<span class="wrapper"><p>The records of the incorporated company (Ridley's coal and Iron Co. Ltd.) are catalogued at HC519: records of the older company which continued in use after 1930 are listed under HC519.</p> <p>A day book of the Barrow Hurdle Factory can be found at HC519/27.</p></span>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Suffolk Archives - Ipswich
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Ridley, John, 1709-1779, coal merchant, of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 17 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Acc. Nos. 7575, 7603, 7827
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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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The firm was started c.1750 by John Ridley (1709-1779), who was succeeded by his son John (1739-1803) and grandson John (1779-1852). This John went into partnership with his son John jun. (1802-1887) but the partnership ended in 1838 (see HC516/4). John Ridley jun. went into partnership with his son Arthur (1835-1882), trading as 'John Ridley and Son, coal, iron, nail, slate and timber merchants'. After Arthur's death the firm was run by his widow, with assistance, until her son Spencer Barker Ridley took over in 1904. He traded as Ridley and Andrews until 1910, when Ridley's Coal and Iron Co. was set up.
In 1930 the company was incorporated, as Ridley's Coal and Iron Co. Ltd.
In addition to its premises at 1 Out Northgate the company had depots at Bury railway station (from at least 1874), Cockfield station (from at least 1874 to c.1929), Mildenhall (from at least 1916) and Saxham (from c.1874 to c.1928).
In 1927 the company acquired the Barrow Hurdle Factory, operating from Green Farm, Barrow.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/155a90ce-7a08-43b6-9748-a6381f638f6d/
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Ridley's Coal and Iron Company, Bury St. Edmunds