Fonds
JOHN CARTER & SONS LTD BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURERS
Catalogue reference: D/B/CAR
What’s it about?
This record is about the JOHN CARTER & SONS LTD BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURERS dating from 1847 - 1970.
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Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Hackney Archives Department.
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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)
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D/B/CAR
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Title (The name of the record)
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JOHN CARTER & SONS LTD BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURERS
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Date (When the record was created)
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1847 - 1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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This collection comprises Company records (including constituent companies)
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Listed: DLM. July 1983
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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John Carter & Sons Ltd (main company) D/B/CAR/1
Lindrea & Co Ltd D/B/CAR/2
John Carter & Lindrea (Leathers) Ltd D/B/CAR/3
Thomas H.Walker Ltd, later T.H. Walker (Weymouth) Ltd D/B/CAR/4
Dorman & Co Ltd D/B/CAR/5
Trade Association records D/B/CAR/6
Leather Finishers Ltd (holding company) D/B/CAR/7
Personal and family papers D/B/CAR/8
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Hackney Archives Department
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>John Carter and Sons Ltd, 1847-1970, boot and shoe manufacturers</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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74 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Accession No: 1977/9
Condition of deposit: Removed from closed company premises by Archivist in 1977.
Listed: 1983.
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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 firm of John Carter seems to have begun trading in 1847, being established at No 38 Kingsland Road (renumbered No 58 in 1866) by 1850. In 1866 the firm also had premises at 24 Stanhope Street, Clare Market, W.C. It later expanded on the Kingsland Road site, finally occupying Nos. 58-62.
The Company was incorporated in 1896, and the articles of association describe the business as 'Curesses and leather merchants, factors, manufacturers, grindery and shoe mercers, dealers, boot upper and boot and shoe warehousemen, agents, factors and manufacturers'.
The Company expanded in the early part of the twentieth century and acquired several other boot and shoe firms, Dorman & Co in 1924, Lindrea & Co in 1927, and T.H.Walker Ltd in 1935. Some of these associate companies lost large amounts of money in the late 1960s and may have contributed to the closure of the whole group in 1970.
For short histories of the constituent firms see separate notes with each firm.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f8a8d7a7-47ad-4184-9ee7-1fc160b96c13/
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JOHN CARTER & SONS LTD BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURERS