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SAMUEL TAYLOR PARRY, MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Catalogue reference: ZCR 210

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This record is about the SAMUEL TAYLOR PARRY, MECHANICAL ENGINEER dating from 1901 - 1976.

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Reference: ZCR 210
Title: SAMUEL TAYLOR PARRY, MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Date: 1901 - 1976
Description: Miscellaneous documents
Held by: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Language: English
Creator(s): <corpname>Samuel Taylor Parry, Chester, mechanical engineer</corpname>
Physical description: 8 Files
Immediate source of acquisition: The collection was given to the Chester City Record Office by Mr. J. Parry, Chester on 11 March and 27 May 1976.
Administrative / biographical background: These businesses are said to have originated in a foundry established in Crook Street by a Mr. Parry in 1720. In the early nineteenth century a descendant of the founder, William Parry, ran the Crook Street foundry (see CR 210/3). In 1837, a steam and mechanical engineering works was opened in Princess Street (see CR 210/1). Between 1855 and 1876 the Crook Street foundry was run by John Taylor (see CR 210/3). It was later claimed that Samuel Taylor Parry provided the first electric street lighting in Chester in 1895 (see CR 210/6). The business closed in the early 1950s.
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/4f7fcc51-46fc-46fb-888f-7f81a2f4d20d/