Various records are known to exist for businesses connected to
Peterborough. Those held in recognised repositories, available for
public consultation are listed below
Amies and Sons (ironmongers)
- Two notebooks listing daily jobs.
Held at Peterborough Archives Service
An inventory of this collection is available for consultation in
the Local Studies and Archive Room at Peterborough Central
Library.
Baker Perkins Ltd (engineers)
- 1942-1947 Works Committee minutes and miscellaneous
papers.
Held at Northamptonshire Record Office (National Register of
Archives).
Baker Perkins Archive: 1874-2003
- Photographs, sales catalogues, business files, plans etc.
Held at Peterborough Archives Service.
A catalogue of this collection is available for consultation in
the Local Studies and Archive Room at Peterborough Central Library,
Reference PAS/BP, and online.
Further Baker Perkins material is known to exist at Peterborough
Museum and Art Gallery and the Science Museum including ledgers,
photographs and glass negatives.
Barford & Perkins Ltd, (road roller and agricultural
machinery manufacturers) (National Register of Archives)
- 1860-1937 : trade catalogues, minute books, registers, annual
summaries, share ledgers, ledgers, production records.
Held at Lincolnshire Archives.
Catalogues for this collection also available at Reading
University's Rural History Centre.
A limited number of documents from Barford and Perkins
(1905-1916) are held at Peterborough Archives Service.
An inventory of this collection is available for consultation in
the Local Studies and Archive Room at Peterborough Central
Library.
Beaver Family, (grain merchants) (National Register of
Archives)
- 1902-1959: financial records.
Held at Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery.
A detailed catalogue for this collection is available for
consultation in the Local Studies and Archive Room at Peterborough
Central Library and in Peterborough Museum's Library.
- 1959: Photograph showing the Beaver Corn and Seed Shop, 18 Long
Causeway, Peterborough (Ref: ACC 2004/015).
Held at Peterborough Archives Service.
Michael Belton, Ward & partners, (architects) (National
Register of Archives)
Held at Cambridge Record Office.
British Braids Ltd, braid manufacturers (National Register of
Archives)
- 1950-66: annual returns (Reference: UGD143).
Held at Glasgow University Archives Service.
Peter Brotherhood Ltd (engineers)
- Early 1900s: photograph albums of machinery representing
completed contracts.
Held at Peterborough Central Library.
Some material is held at Northampton Record Office.
Material that remains at Peter Brotherhoods can be accessed
through the company archivist:
Campkins Camera Shop, Long Causeway Peterborough
- 1959: 2 photographs of shop exterior (Ref: ACC 2004/015).
Held at Peterborough Archives Service, Peterborough Central
Library.
Crawley & Son, (whipmakers)
- Twentieth century: brochures, catalogues and price lists.
Held at Northamptonshire Record Office.
- 1930s and 1960s: invoices and credit notes.
Held at Peterborough Archives Service.
A catalogue of this collection is available for consultation in
the Local Studies and Archive Room at Peterborough Central
Library.
Cutlack & Co, (brewers)
- 1847-1920: accounts, agreements, inventories, etc. (National
Register of Archives).
Held at Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery.
- 1895-1931: Cutlack & Harlock records.
Held at Norfolk Record Office.
G D Day, (solicitor)
- Deeds for properties where the sale was managed by G D Day
(1904-1914)
Held at Peterborough Archives Service
An inventory of this collection is available for consultation in
the Local Studies and Archive Room at Peterborough central
Library.
Fox and Vergette, (estate agents)
- 1868-1980: sales particulars, auction notices and posters
Held at Peterborough Archives Service.
A catalogue of this collection is available for consultation in
the Local Studies and Archive Room at Peterborough Central Library,
Reference PAS/VER, and online.
Gaches Solicitors, Peterborough
- 18th-19th century: includes Cutlack Brewers records and minute
books and papers belonging to the Improvement Commissioners,
1855-1874.
Held at Northamptonshire Record Office.
FE & V Goddard, (forage merchants) (National Register of
Archives)
Held at Northamptonshire Record Office.
J Lucas Ltd, (builders) (National Register of Archives)
- 1935-53: ledgers, wages books.
Held at Northamptonshire Record Offive.
Lloyds Bank, Peterborough Branch
- 1900-1920: ledgers of authorities and standing orders.
Held at Peterborough Central Library.
Maltings (Peterborough) Ltd (National Register of
Archives)
- 1949-58: minutes and ledgers.
Held at Northamptonshire Record Office.
Mugleston & Blaydwin, (mercers) (National Register of
Archives)
Held at Northamptonshire Record Office.
W H Pentney and Son, (printers)
- An inventory of the premises of W H Pentney and Son
(1921-1922)
Held at Peterborough Archives Service
A catalogue of this collection is available for consultation in
the Local Studies and Archive Room at Peterborough Central Library,
Reference PAS/PEN.
Perkins Engines
- 1930s-1970s: Runs of 'Perkins Echo' and 'Perkins News';
publicity, service and technical publications; documentation
covering factory buildings, development of sites, contracts etc;
minute books and financial records; and photographs. Note: the cine
film and video collection has been transferred to the East Anglian
Film Archive.
Held by the Perkins Engines Heritage Group at Eastfield
Factory.
Peterborough Central Printers (National Register of
Archives)
Held at Northamptonshire Record Office.
Peterborough Corn Exchange Co (National Register of
Archives)
Held at Northamptonshire Record Office.
Peterborough Gas Company (National Register of Archives)
- 1868-1949: reports, minutes, accounts and other records
(Reference: EA:PEG).
Held at National Gas Archive.
- 1915-26: directors' reports, accounts and balance sheets.
Held at Huntingdon Record Office.
Daniel Ruddle, (builder) (National Register of Archives)
Held by Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery.
- 1800-24: photographs, plans and typescripts from the same
collection.
Held at Peterborough Central Library.
- 1800-57: account books (copies) and papers.
Held at Northamptonshire Record Office.
Smiths Gore, (estate agents) (National Register of
Archives)
- 1950-1962: correspondence files and papers relating to
Yorkshire properties.
Held at York University: Borthwick Institute of Historical
Research.
Sturton & Sons Ltd, (chemists) (National Register of
Archives)
- 1866-1955: accounts, prescription books.
Held at Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery.
John Thompson, (builder and contractor) (National Register of
Archives)
- 1874-1928: specification books, photographs and plans.
Held at Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery.
Luke Turner & Co. (knicker elastic manufacturers)
- Plans of factory and modern photographs.
Held at Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery.
Chemist (National Register of Archives)
- 1886-1933: prescription book (Reference: ZB 89).
Held at Northamptonshire Record Office.
Grain merchant (National Register of Archives)
- 1902-19: ledgers (Reference: 1978/18).
Held at Northamptonshire Record Office.
Grocer (National Register of Archives)
Held at Northamptonshire Record Office.
Hairdresser (National Register of Archives)
- 1932-40: ledger (Reference: 1977/279).
Held at Northamptonshire Record Office.
Note: Annual reports, newsletters, journals and other
publications for a variety of local businesses are available within
PCL's Local Studies collection. Please check the 'List of Non-Book
Stock in the Local Studies Collection' for details. This list is
available for consultation in the Local Studies and Archives Room
at Peterborough Central Library.
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