John Raistrick and Sons, Business Archive

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 BUS/Raistrick
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1864-1893
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 2 vols in 2 envelopes

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) Order book, 1864-77, with a few other papers inserted; (2) Correspondence, in a letter book, with W. H. Chard and Company, Sydney, and W. Pearce and Company, Durban, 1875-90, together with samples of Spanish stripes held in another smaller envelope with correspondence dated in August 1893.

Administrative / Biographical History

John Raistrick and Sons, of Brackendale Mills, Idle, near Leeds, were woollen manufacturers, established in 1861.

Access Information

Access to this material is unrestricted.

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

Described in Patricia Hudson, The West Riding wool textile industry: a catalogue of business records from the sixteenth to the twentieth century , 1975

Geographical Names