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Records of the Horseley-Piggott Group
Catalogue reference: D1288
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This record is about the Records of the Horseley-Piggott Group dating from 1845-1968.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- D1288
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Horseley-Piggott Group
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1968
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The Horseley-Piggott documents deposited include:-
A. Records of Thomas Piggott and Co. Ltd.
B. Records of Horseley Bridge and Engineering Co.
C. Records of Horseley Bridge and Thomas Piggott Ltd.
D. Records of companies taken over by Horseley Bridge and Thomas Piggott Ltd.
E. Miscellaneous
D3142. Plans by Wm Dempsey of Westminster
D4442, D4523, D5505 - John Thompson Ltd., Wolverhampton.
D4469, D4819, D5150 - Horseley - Piggot Ltd.
D5172 - Horseley Company Ltd., and its successors.
D4442, D4523, D5505 - John Thompson Ltd., Wolverhampton.
D4469, D4819, D5150 - Horseley - Piggott Ltd.
D5172 - Horseley Company Ltd., and its Successors.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Horseley-Piggott Group, Tipton, Staffordshire, West Midlands, engineering</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 13 Sub-fonds
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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All documents, other than photographs and printed material, closed less than 50 years ago, are not available for public inspection
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Deposited by Horseley-Piggott Group, Clarke Chapman-Thompson Ltd, of Tipton
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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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Horseley Bridge and Engineering Company, of Tipton, amalgamated with Thomas Piggott and Company Limited of Birmingham, in 1933, and the records cover both the parent firms as well as the combined firm.
Horseley Bridge originated as the mining company of Dixon, Amphlett and Bedford, in 1792. Iron furnaces were built in 1808 and 1809. Aaron Manby joined the firm in 1813 and developed the engineering side and the company built the first iron steamship, 'Aaron Manby', in 1822 and the Galton Canal Bridge at Smethwick for Telford in 1829. Under Isaac Dodds, the firm built locomotive engines, and in the course of the nineteenth century diversified into steel building of various types. The firm of P. D. Bennett, of Spon Lane Iron Works was taken over in 1878.
Thomas Piggott and Company was founded in 1822, and built iron canal barges. During the century they diversified into gas plant, particularly gasholders, lifeboats, piping, especially for waterworks, and pressed steel tanks.
The amalgamation of 1933 was followed by the transference of the Piggott works to Tipton. Among later works may be mentioned Lamella roofing and in particular the Dome of Discovery for the Festival of Britain, 1951.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/72b845a5-e214-41a5-82c3-fa60b29e2707/
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Records of the Horseley-Piggott Group