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Richard Cobden & Co, calico printers

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Date: 1820-1899
Places:
  • Chorley, Lancashire
  • Manchester, Lancashire
  • Sabden, Lancashire
Functions, occupations and activities: Textiles > Textile finishing
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C112292 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B3094 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1825-57: family papers incl business corresp and papers
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
M87
NRA 14284 Cobden

See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 textiles and leather, 1990
2
1825-99: balance sheets, business corresp, account books, wages records, agreements etc
West Sussex Record Office
Cobden papers
NRA 10616 Cobden
3
c1820-38: dye recipe book of George Foster and rules of Sabden works
Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, Department of Textiles and Dress
T5-1978
NRA 30151