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Holman Brothers Ltd
Catalogue reference: X542
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This record is about the Holman Brothers Ltd dating from 1684-1987.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- X542
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Title (The name of the record)
- Holman Brothers Ltd
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1684-1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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Accounts, photographs, minutes, deeds, leases, annual reports and other miscellaneous company records of Holmans and subsidiary Companies including the Climax Rock Drilland engineering Company Ltd
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Cornwall Record Office
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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>Holman Brothers Ltd, Camborne, Cornwall, engineers and manufacturers</corpname>
- <corpname>Compair Construction and Mining Ltd, Camborne, Cornwall, engineers and manufacturers</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 857 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Accession 2421
Records deposited by the Company Secretary, Compair Construction and Mining Ltd., Camborne via Mr. A.G. Harris, Engineering Director, 12th July 1978.
Accession No 2576
Additional records deposited by the Company, Secretary, Compair Construction and Mining Ltd., Camborne via Mr. Anthony Barber, 7th June 1979.
Accession 2789
Additional deposit by company Secretary, (via A.D. Barber), CompAir Construction and Mining Limited, Camborne, 22nd July 1980.
Accession 5526
Deposited on 30 October 1998
Accession 5539
Deposited on 16 November 1998
Accession 5635
Deposited on 19 April 1999
Accession 5701
Deposited on 9 August 1999
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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 records are of the firm of Holman's whose boiler works at Pool and foundry at Camborne date back to 1801 and 1839 respectively, the boiler works being transferred from Pool to Roskear in 1892. Rock tools and pneumatic tools began to be manufactured on a large scale after the First World War. See Bernard Hollowood, Cornish Engineers. Published for private circulation by Holman Bros. Ltd. 1951. (The 150th anniversary of the firm of Holman which began with the boiler works at Pool, established by Nicholas Holman in 1801).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/cc8b4186-fd37-494d-8f4a-d1d00a87165c/
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Holman Brothers Ltd