Fonds
M M BELL AND SONS LTD
Catalogue reference: SY/284/B
What’s it about?
This record is about the M M BELL AND SONS LTD dating from 1819-1979.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Sheffield City Archives.
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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)
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SY/284/B
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Title (The name of the record)
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M M BELL AND SONS LTD
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Date (When the record was created)
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1819-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of M M Bell and Sons, boxmakers, of Arundel St., Sheffield
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Sheffield City Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>M M Bell and Sons, Sheffield, boxmakers</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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22 Series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Records are open for consultation unless otherwise indicated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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On abolition of South Yorkshire County Council on 31 March 1986, the records passed from South Yorkshire County Record Office, by agreement of the four South Yorkshire District Councils, to the custody of Sheffield Archives as lead authority
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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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The company was founded in 1816 by James Bell, the son of Joseph Bell, a Sheffield grocer. Bell established himself in London as a 'pocket book and book case manufacturer' but after the death of his wife in 1827 he returned to Sheffield. In 1831 he married Mary, daughter of Samuel Tompkin, and set up in business with her brother John as Bell and Tompkins as case makers. When John Tompkin retired c.1853, Bell took his son Edwin James into the firm and continued as James Bell and Son. After the death of James Bell in 1864, Edwin James Bell continued on his own until 1872 when he went into partnership with his brother-in-law John Figorski. The partnership was not a success and was liquidated in 1877. On the death of Edwin James Bell in 1880, the business was taken over by his wife Martha Mary Bell who, in 1890, took her two sons into partnership. M M Bell and Sons became a limited company in 1929
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/71cd7564-2594-4820-96c1-51d57f0d29b0/
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M M BELL AND SONS LTD