James Dixon & Sons Ltd, manufacturers of silver, silver-plated and Britannia metal goods

This page summarises records created by this Business

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1800-2000
Places:	Sheffield, Yorkshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Metal processing and manufacturing > Jewellery and precious metal working \| Metal processing and manufacturing > Base metals \| Metal processing and manufacturing > Metal finishing
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C102188 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B10381 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1806-1989: records rel to accounting, sales, purchase, orders, stock, production and wages, memorandum and articles of association, directors and AGM minute book, financial records, employees' records, customer records, specifications, design drawings, product cards, publicity material, technical reports, corresp, photographs, Dixon's Sports Football Club minute book, Cornish Place Fishing Club secretary's contributions book, scrapbook, trade catalogues of competitors and printed guides	Sheffield City Archives	Dixons, accs 1994/89a&b, 1995/10	NRA 34873 See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 metal processing and engineering, 1994
2	19th-20th cent: records incl production records and plans of Cornish Place works	Sheffield City Archives	MD7770	See Annual Return 2004, acc no 2004/107
3	1868-1928: records	Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust	MNJD
4	1879-1994: costings book (1879), photographs of costings book (c1994)	Sheffield City Archives	MD7380	See National Heritage Memorial Fund Annual Report 1994-95 pp18-19, acc no 1994/20
5	c1883-1980: records	Hawley Collection at Kelham Island Museum	DIX
6	c1885-1911: misc records (1 box)	Sheffield City Archives	Aurora III	NRA 26201 Aurora
7	1900-1929: pattern books	Hawley Collection at Kelham Island Museum	MOX
8	20th cent: platers' books, order and sales books, cutlery papers with records of the angling club and football fixtures	Sheffield City Archives	MD7839	See Annual Return 2005, acc no 2005/118
9	c1913-1970s: records incl wages account books, price book, calculation book, note books	Sheffield City Archives	X92	See Annual Return 2006, acc no 2006/52
10	1923-1981: records incl wages book, summary customer orders, corresp from Sheffield Flatware Company	Sheffield City Archives	MD8159	See acc no 1998/81