Comprises a collection of wage books giving an almost continuous record from October 1831 to December 1950.
Edward Ripley and Son, business archive
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 BUS/Ripley
- Dates of Creation
- 1831-1950
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 249 vols The volumes are numbered 3-251 in the Brotherton Library sequence
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Edward Ripley and Son, of Bowling Dye-Works, Bradford, were dyers and finishers, established c. 1806, originally as George Ripley and Son.
Access Information
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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