Records of J. and H. Hadden and Company Limited, Hosiers, Nottingham, 1685-1915

Some accounts survive from the period 1786-1817, including records of European and American trade. Although the majority of later financial records are not present, ledgers cover the 1786-1886 period. The majority of the deeds and wills date from the late seventeenth to mid-nineteenth centuries and refer primarily to properties within Nottingham.

Accounts, property documents

The records are divided into two series, Accounts and Deeds, within which a chronological arrangement is followed.

Photocopies and photographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only depending on the condition of the documents.

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The Library acquired the records in 1952.

manufacturers of cotton, merino, woollen and silk hosiery, patent flannel and fleecy linings etc.

The Hadden firm was established in 1787 by three brothers, all hosiers, from Aberdeen. Initially they set up as merchant hosiers but by 1856 had built their own factory on Stanford Street, Nottingham.

Hadden's became a limited company in the early twentieth century, lasting into the 1930s when it went into liquidation and was sold.