Robert Jowitt and Sons Limited, Business Archive

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 BUS/Jowitt
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1775-1955
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 170 vols and 1 large tin

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) General ledgers, 1775-1904; (2) Customers' ledgers, 1848-1904; (3) Colonial and bank ledgers, 1877-1904; (4) Interest accounts, 1876-94; (5) Status report books, 1881-1913; (6) Cash books, 1827-1907; (7) Analysis of sales and purchases, 1842-1909; (8) Letter books, 1802-59; (9) Private business, 1877-1909; (10) Private ledgers, 1806-1914; (11) Letters

Administrative / Biographical History

Robert Jowitt and Sons Limited, of 153 Sunbridge Road, Bradford, were wool merchants, topmakers, wool combers, wool scourers, wool carbonisers, and fellmongers, established in 1776.

Access Information

Access to this material is unrestricted.

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