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Records of Partridge Wilson Engineering Company, Leicester
Catalogue reference: DE 3088
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This record is about the Records of Partridge Wilson Engineering Company, Leicester dating from 1930 - 1986.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DE 3088
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of Partridge Wilson Engineering Company, Leicester
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1930 - 1986
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Partridge Wilson Engineering Company, Leicester</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 Files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Deposited in October 1986
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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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Clifford Partridge and H.G.A. Ross Wilson formed an engineering business in 1926 on Loughborough Road, Leicester. In the early years the principal products were radios. The firm moved to premises on Evington Valley Road in 1930 and started producing battery chargers, by this date the number of staff had increased from 2 to 7 and by 1945 numbers had increased to 500. Production of Electric Vehicles started in 1934 and finished in 1954. In the summer of 1986 Partridge Wilson Engineering Company closed down in Leicester and moved in with Westinghouse Devonset Rectrifiers Ltd., Chippenham.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/6adecc2c-3558-4d9e-8026-242a8b52f13b/
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Records of Partridge Wilson Engineering Company, Leicester