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RECORDS OF WILLIAM PLAYNE and CO. LTD. AND OF KEMP and HEWITT LTD, 1826-1990
Catalogue reference: D4644
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This record is about the RECORDS OF WILLIAM PLAYNE and CO. LTD. AND OF KEMP and HEWITT LTD, 1826-1990 dating from 1820-1988.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- D4644
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Title (The name of the record)
- RECORDS OF WILLIAM PLAYNE and CO. LTD. AND OF KEMP and HEWITT LTD, 1826-1990
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1820-1988
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Description (What the record is about)
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WILLIAM PLAYNE and CO LTD.
SHAREHOLDERS
FINANCIAL RECORDS
MANUFACTURING RECORDS
CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
MISCELLANEOUS
CORPORATE RECORDS
KEMP and HEWITT LTD
Corporate records
Shareholders
Financial records
Manufacturing records
Cloth samples
Commercial correspondence
Miscellaneous
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Gloucestershire Archives
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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>William Playne and Co Ltd, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, woollen manufacturers</corpname>
- <corpname>Kemp and Hewitt, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, woollen manufacturers</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 377 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Documents deposited by William Playne and Co. Ltd., woollen manufacturers, Longfords Mills, Minchinhampton
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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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William Playne and Co. became a part of Winterbotham, Strachan and Playne Ltd. in 1920. The other Gloucestershire based members of this group were Hunt and Winterbotham Ltd. of Cam Mills and Strachan and Co. Ltd. of Lodgemore and Frome Hall Mills, Stroud. In 1955, Kemp and Hewitt Ltd., woollen manufacturers of Trowbridge, merged with William Playne and Co. at Longfords Mills, though the firm to a certain extent retained its separate identity.
All records which can definitely or tentatively be identified as those of Kemp and Hewitt have been listed.
Winterbotham, Strachan and Playne later became part of Illingworth, Morris and Co. Ltd. of Bradford, Yorkshire.
A speciality of these firms was the production of tennis ball cloth (see 3/111-14, 118-19, 121, 124-25, 4/29, 4/40, 49-51, 7/6/10, 22 below)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/19ababa7-3d4c-42af-87b5-04023bb4f5d2/
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RECORDS OF WILLIAM PLAYNE and CO. LTD. AND OF KEMP and HEWITT LTD, 1826-1990