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

Comprises a collection of wage books giving an almost continuous record from October 1831 to December 1950.

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

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