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Fryer and James, of Coleford, solicitors

Catalogue reference: D2926

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This record is about the Fryer and James, of Coleford, solicitors dating from 1640 - 1943.

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Reference
D2926
Title
Fryer and James, of Coleford, solicitors
Date
1640 - 1943
Description

Deeds, Solicitors' papers, Charity papers, invasion committee, other Rural District Council Papers

Held by
Gloucestershire Archives
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>Fryer and James, solicitors, of Coleford, Gloucestershire</corpname>
Physical description
7 series
Access conditions

THESE RECORDS ARE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH

Immediate source of acquisition

Accession 2926 was deposited by West Dean Rural District Council, 14 September 1973

Administrative / biographical background

[Henry Hooper Fryer, attorney, occurs in Tewkesbury directories of 1820 and 1822, but shortly afterwards seems to have moved his practice to Coleford, where he is found until 1870. An 1876 directory lists a Robert Hoskins Fryer, solicitor, who continued the practice until at least 1906. By 1910 the firm seems to have been replaced by one headed by Thomas Leslie Scoble, who appears for the first time in that year. Scoble became clerk to Coleford Urban District Council, a position he held until c.1925.

The collection of papers, which includes correspondence of another Coleford solicitor, Thomas James, presumably passed into the possession of West Dean Rural District Council in 1935 when Coleford came under its control]

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Fryer and James, of Coleford, solicitors