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Arthur Balfour and Company, subsequently Balfour Darwins, steel manufacturers
Catalogue reference: BDR
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This record is about the Arthur Balfour and Company, subsequently Balfour Darwins, steel manufacturers dating from 1869 - 1966.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BDR
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Title (The name of the record)
- Arthur Balfour and Company, subsequently Balfour Darwins, steel manufacturers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1869 - 1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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Arthur Balfour and Company, 1869 - 1966 (BDR/1):
Pre-incorporation, 1879 - 1922 (BDR/1/1)
Company minutes, etc., 1899 - 1966 (BDR/1/2)
Finance, 1930 - 1962 (BDR/1/3)
Papers relating to formation of companies, etc., 1902 - 1926 (BDR/1/4)
Steel production records, 1905 - 1961 (BDR/1/5)
Day books for Great Britain, Europe, Australasia, South Africa, the Far East, North America, and South America, 1869 - 1950 (BDR/1/6-14)
Records from the Paris Office of the Company, 1919 - 1965 (BDR/1/15)
C. Meadows and Company Limited, steel manufactures, forgers, tilters and rollers, Alliance Rolling Mills, Tinsley Park Road, 1891 - 1953 (BDR/2):
Company minutes, 1891 - 1953 (BDR/2/1)
Finance, 1891 - 1951 (BDR/2/2)
Plant, 1925 (BDR/2/3)
Trade Associations, 1933 - 1936 (BDR/2/4)
Records of subsidiary companies trading abroad, 1902 - 1960 (BDR/3)
Balfour staff superannuation society, 1926 - 1954 (BDR/4)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Sheffield City Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Arthur Balfour and Co, steelmakers, of Sheffield
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 196 items
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Balfour Darwins Limited deposited material in 1971 and 1975.
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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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Arthur Balfour and Co. Ltd traces its roots back to Arthur Seebohm and Dieckstahl Ltd, steel manufacturers, which was founded in 1865. Arthur Balfour became managing director in 1899. In 1915 the company name was changed to Arthur Balfour and Co. Ltd, partly as a result of anti-German feeling during World War One.
The company's Capital Steel Works was located at the junction of Willey Street and Sheldon Row, Sheffield.
Arthur Balfour and Company Ltd acquired C. Meadows and Company Ltd in 1921.
In 1961 Arthur Balfour and Co. Ltd merged with Darwin Ltd to form Balfour Darwin Ltd.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/3bbd189a-bf88-40d1-a93e-cd884491b27b/
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Arthur Balfour and Company, subsequently Balfour Darwins, steel manufacturers