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Smith Print, Newcastle

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Alternative name(s):
  • Smith and Sons (Newcastle) Ltd (Formerly known as)
Date: 1831-1854
History: In 1831 Thomas Smith was apprenticed as a printer and later founded his own company based at Clavering House on Clavering Place, Newcastle, also with premises at the Close on the Quayside. The name of the company later changed from Smith and Sons (Newcastle) Ltd to Smith Print. The company was later bought by W H Forsters of Sunderland.
Places:
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
Functions, occupations and activities: Paper, printing and packaging > Printing and engraving
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C233868
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1831 - 1854: two apprenticeships
Tyne and Wear Archives
DX1447