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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