William Whiston & Son Ltd, silk printers

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Alternative name(s):	Brocklehurst-Whiston Amalgamated Ltd (Later known as) William Smith (Formerly known as)
Date:	1825-1964
Places:	Langley, Cheshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Textiles > Textile finishing
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C96664 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B3430 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1850-1926: cash book, pattern books, dyeing record books etc	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	DLA	NRA 31656 See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 textiles and leather, 1990
2	1843-early 20th cent: designs (2 vols etc), account book	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, Department of Designs, Prints and Drawings	E378-380-1964
3	1848-1964: customer ledgers, stock ledgers, pattern books, dye books and technical ledgers	Macclesfield Silk Museum		See Clothworkers' Company: survey of textile records, 2013
4	1825-1964: pattern books	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		See Clothworkers' Company: survey of textile records, 2013