Fonds
MARSHALL, SONS & CO LTD
Catalogue reference: TR MAR
What’s it about?
This record is about the MARSHALL, SONS & CO LTD dating from 1863-1974.
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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)
- TR MAR
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Title (The name of the record)
- MARSHALL, SONS & CO LTD
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of Marshall, Sons and Co Ltd.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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TR MAR/AC1/1 Ledgers
TR MAR/AD3/1-14 Labour records
TR MAR/AD4/1-21 Premises records
TR MAR/AD6/1-3 Branch records
TR MAR/CO2/1 Company records
TR MAR/DO1/1 Drawings
TR MAR/ET3/1 General technical reference records
TR MAR/MP1/1-69 Registers and lists of production
TR MAR/P1/A1-9 General compilations
TR MAR/P2/A1-60 Advertising and servicing publications (Marshall)
TR MAR/P2/B1-6 Advertising and servicing publications (other companies)
TR MAR/P4/B1-6 House journals (reprints)
TR MAR/P8/1-8 Printing proofs and artwork
TR MAR/PH2/1-126 Compilations of photographic prints
TR MAR/SP1/1-4 General reference records
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>For related deposits see TR 2MAR</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of English Rural Life
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Marshall Sons and Co Ltd, manufactures of agricultural machinery</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 330 Documents
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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T77/9, T77/15
Records deposited 1977
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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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Marshall, Sons & Company was founded in 1848 by William Marshall at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. At first they manufactured mill gearing but soon began to make agricultural machinery such as thrashing machines. In 1856 manufacture of portable steam engines and boilers began. This was soon followed by the construction of stationary steam engines. In 1870 the company began making tea preparing machinery and soon after road rollers. In the 1900's they began making oil tractors but World War I interupted normal production which was resumed in 1919. In 1930 the first diesel tractor was produced and Marshalls took over the company of Clayton and Shuttleworth Limited. In 1937 the Marshall-Richards range of wire and tube drawing machinery was introduced before World War II again interupted production. After the war the company soon returned to normal and in 1946 took over John Fowler & Company (Leeds) Ltd. In 1968 the Marshall group of companies became part of the Thos. W. Ward Group and in 1969 Marshalls and Fowlers began trading under the name of Marshall Fowler Ltd. In 1975 the company was sold to British Leyland and was renamed Aveling Marshall Ltd. Between 1979 and 1982 it was sold off to Charles J Nickerson and was re-registered as Marshall, Sons & Company Ltd. In 1986 Marshalls was sold to an American company and then almost immediately was bought by Theakston brothers of Driffield, Yorkshire.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/1cf4abc1-93d0-44c4-93e3-ddc12e4ebf5b/
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