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Records of H E Waterhouse

Catalogue reference: AMS6609

What’s it about?

This record is about the Records of H E Waterhouse dating from c1880-1989.

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Full description and record details

Reference

AMS6609

Title

Records of H E Waterhouse

Date

c1880-1989

Description

Grocer and ironmonger of Croft House, High Street, Ticehurst; formerly J F Waterhouse, Waterhouse Brothers, and A H Waterhouse

Summary of contents

AMS6609/1 Customer accounts; 1891-1934

AMS6609/2 Cash books; 1891-1968

AMS6609/3 Ledgers; 1923-1969

AMS6609/4 Balance sheets; 1953/54

AMS6609/5 Other accounting records; 1890-1930

AMS6609/6 Deeds; [1671]-1937

AMS6609/7 Rent books; 1889-1934

AMS6609/8 Wages books; 1950-1969

AMS6609/9 Photographs; nd, c 1880 - c1990

AMS6609/10 Papers of Arthur Henry Waterhouse; [1921]-1936

AMS6609/11 Papers of Harold Ernest Waterhouse; 1921-1969

AMS6609/12 Papers of Molly Waterhouse (née Jenner; wife of Harold Ernest); 1962-1963

AMS6609/13 Other records; 1880s - 1989

Related material

<p>For notes concerning the history of Croft House, Ticehurst, and the architecture of the building, see AMS6609/13/14-15</p>

Held by
East Sussex Record Office
Language

English

Creator(s)
  • <corpname>Waterhouse Brothers, 1891-1897</corpname>
  • <persname>Waterhouse, Harold Ernest, 1904-1989</persname>
  • <persname>Waterhouse, John Ford, d 1897</persname>
  • <persname>Waterhouse, Arthur Henry, d 1937</persname>
Physical description

13 Series

Access conditions

Documents are closed to public inspection for 30 years from the last date of a document

Immediate source of acquisition

Deposited 12 Mar 2002 (ACC 8616)

Administrative / biographical background

John Ford Waterhouse purchased Croft House, which was the former parish workhouse, in 1857; he transferred the business to his sons Arthur Henry and Walter John Waterhouse in 1891, and it was then called Waterhouse Brothers. The partnership was short-lived; Walter died at Tunbridge Wells in March 1896, aged 32, and was buried at Ticehurst. John Ford Waterhouse, who had been living at 16 Woodbury Park Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, was buried at Ticehurst in January 1897, aged 76. Arthur Henry Waterhouse then purchased the premises, which included the two adjoining Croft Cottages; he died 9 September 1937, and the business was taken over by his son Harold Ernest (born 24 September 1904). The shop closed in 1969, and Harold continued to live in Croft House. He died in 1989, and the building is now (2002) divided into four cottages

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/abfc0fc8-6d3c-457b-9e63-81cc696cf14d/

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Records of H E Waterhouse