Dennis Specialist Vehicles Ltd, commercial vehicle manufacturers, Guildford

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Alternative name(s):	Dennis Brothers Ltd (Formerly known as) Hestair Dennis (Formerly known as)
Date:	1899-1984
Places:	Guildford, Surrey
Functions, occupations and activities:	Engineering: Mechanical > Vehicle manufacturers
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C122007 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B6481 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1901-79: minute books, day books, ledgers, wages books, customers order books, production order books, apprentice lists, patent applications and corresp, sales figures	Surrey History Centre	1463	NRA 34165 Hestair
2	1963-73: corresp and papers of Dennis Foster, sales director	Surrey History Centre	1720	NRA 29445 SRO Guildford misc
3	c1899-1972: additional records incl of predecessor companies	Surrey History Centre	7935	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc
4	c1920-49: photographs of vehicle testing, associated with Marcus Dearsley, test engineer	Surrey History Centre	Z/464	See Annual Return 2006
5	c1950-79: additional photographs	Surrey History Centre	1463add	See Annual Return 2007
6	1960-84: additional drawings, specifications, corresp and reports	Surrey History Centre	8228	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc
7	1904-72: misc further records incl volume of engineering sketches and related corresp with suppliers (1904-06), with sales and publicity material, cuttings and papers rel to takeover of company	Surrey History Centre	8273	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc See Annual Return 2008
8	1929-77: additional records incl vehicle drawings and specification sheets	Surrey History Centre	8343
9	1956-1982: technical drawings, brochures, published material	Surrey History Centre	8490
10	1979: colour slides	Surrey History Centre	9248
11	1953-1983: service manuals	Surrey History Centre	9483
12	1970-1972: plans	Surrey History Centre	9401