Fonds
FALK STADELMANN AND COMPANY LIMITED [ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS]
Catalogue reference: LMA/4015
What’s it about?
This record is about the FALK STADELMANN AND COMPANY LIMITED [ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS] dating from 1893-1980.
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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)
- LMA/4015
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Title (The name of the record)
- FALK STADELMANN AND COMPANY LIMITED [ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS]
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1893-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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This collection comprises business records of Falk, Stadelmann and Co Ltd; Falks Heating Ltd; and Falks (N2) Ltd.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- <corpname>Falk Stadelmann and Co Ltd, 1887-1962, electrical appliance manufacturers</corpname>
- <corpname>Falks Ltd, 1962-1970</corpname>
- <corpname>Falks Industries Ltd, 1970-</corpname>
- <corpname>Falks Heating Ltd</corpname>
- <corpname>Falks (NZ) Ltd</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 20 files
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The records formed part of the archive of Jessel Securities Limited which was distributed by the Business Archives Council in 1997. Other records from this archive went to Tyne and Wear Archives (W. France Fenwick and Co. Ltd) and Merseyside Maritime Museum (Sandbach Tinne and Co. Ltd and Demerara Company Ltd).
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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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Falk Stadelmann and Co. Ltd was incorporated in 1887. The Company changed its name to Falks Ltd in 1962 and again to Falks Industries Ltd in 1970. Subsidiary companies included Falks Heating Ltd and Falks (N.Z.) Ltd (until 1951 known as Welsbach Light Company of Australasia Ltd).
The Company was based at 43, Farringdon Road and is described in the Post Office Directory of 1888 as glass manufacturers and importers of gasfittings, paraffin lamps, glasses, chimneys, gas burners. They continued to concentrate on the manufacture and supply of heating and lighting equipment.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/b5cebc36-0f18-4129-a064-ad0a20b9686e/
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FALK STADELMANN AND COMPANY LIMITED [ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS]