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RECORDS OF WILLIAM WALKER & SONS, LTD OF BOLTON TANNERS AND LEATHER CURRIERS AND...
Catalogue reference: ZWKG
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This record is about the RECORDS OF WILLIAM WALKER & SONS, LTD OF BOLTON TANNERS AND LEATHER CURRIERS AND... dating from c1500-1995.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ZWKG
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Title (The name of the record)
- RECORDS OF WILLIAM WALKER & SONS, LTD OF BOLTON TANNERS AND LEATHER CURRIERS AND OF THE WALKER FAMILY
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1500-1995
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Description (What the record is about)
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ZWKG/1. COMPANY MINUTE BOOKS
ZWKG/2. ACCOUNTS AND FINANCIAL RECORDS
ZWKG/3. LEGAL AND PROBATE RECORDS
ZWKG/4. BIRTH, BAPTISMAL AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES
ZWKG/5. CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED PAPERS
ZWKG/6. PHOTOGRAPHS
ZWKG/7. VARIOUS FAMILY PAPERS AND RECORDS
ZWKG/8. VARIOUS BUSINESS RECORDS
ZWKG/9. PUBLICATIONS: LEATHER INDUSTRY
ZWKG/10. PUBLICATIONS: LOCAL HISTORY AND MISCELLANEOUS
ZWKG/11. THE WALKER PROPERTY CO. LTD
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Bolton Archives and Local Studies Service
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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>William Walker and Sons, Bolton, tanners and leather curriers</corpname>
- <famname>Walker family of Bolton</famname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 11 Sub-Fonds
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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The records listed below have been placed in our care for permanent preservation by Mr Grant Walker of Falmouth.
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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 business was founded in Bolton in 1823 by William Walker, formerly of Haughton-le-Skerne, co.Durham. The original tannery was in King Street. Operations were transferred to Ridgway Gates in 1828. Tanning began at Rose Hill in 1850. The Railway Tannery, also at Rose Hill, opened in 1895. The firm also owned Bark Street Tannery, which it took over in 1864. The former Jackson's corn mill in Weston Street, Great Lever, was purchased for the manufacture of "Dri-Ped" leather in 1919. Subsidiary companies included Dri-Ped Ltd and Bolton Leathers Ltd. The origins of the Walker Property Co. Ltd lie in the purchase of land in Deansgate, Manchester, in 1876, upon which the Grosvenor Hotel was built.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- <p>Many of these records were collected together and used by Arthur Noel Walker for his book "The Walker Family, 1681 to 1946", which was printed for private circulation by Tillotsons (Bolton) Ltd in 1947. A copy is available for reference purposes in our Archive and Local Studies Searchroom in Bolton Central Library.</p>
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d1436f53-5a68-45e8-bdd8-454cf6a05847/
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RECORDS OF WILLIAM WALKER & SONS, LTD OF BOLTON TANNERS AND LEATHER CURRIERS AND OF THE WALKER FAMILY