Catalogue description British Shoe Corporation Records
This record is held by Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for
Reference: | DE 2357 |
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Title: | British Shoe Corporation Records |
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British Shoe Corporation 1 - 2 Freeman Hardy and Willis 3 - 130 Business Records 3 - 25 Title Deeds - Leicester 26 - 65 Bedford 66 - 70 Bristol 71 - 75 Cambridge 76 Lancaster 77 - 89 Oxford 90 - 98 Preston 99 - 113 Salisbury 114 - 115 Scarborough 116 - 125 Yarmouth 126 - 130 Freeman Hardy and Willis (Kettering) 131 - 136 Leavesley and North Ltd 137 True-Form Boot Co. (J. Sears and Co.) 138 - 163 General 138 - 142 Branches 143 - 150 True-Form (Dublin) Boot Co. 151 - 163 Dolcis (Upsons Ltd) 164 - 177 C.W. Barron and Co. 178 - 181 Manfield 182 - 190 Lilley and Skinner/Saxone 191 A.L. Scott 192 - 199 Other Small Companies: The Stratford Court Hotel; Active Modern Shoes; Alexander Boyd; Arch Preserver Shoes; Dutton and Thorowgood; Easy Goer Shoes; Ebbern and Co; Cook Ltd; G & W Morton; Porter and Co; Selberite; Trur Poise; Vani-Tred. 200 - 228 Miscellaneous. 229 - 244 |
Date: | 1698 - 1968 |
Held by: | Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for, not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
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Physical description: | 217 Files |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
Records deposited per the Company Secretary, British Shoe Corporation Ltd., Sunningdale Road, Leicester LE3 1UR. 27 April 1982. |
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Administrative / biographical background: |
The British Shoe Corporation was formed in 1956 by Sir Charles Clore. In 1953 he had taken over the company of J. Sears and Co., an amalgamation of J. Sears and Freeman Hardy and Willis Ltd. The company later took over Manfield and Son Ltd., Dolcis Ltd., Lilley and Skinner Ltd., Curtess and Saxone Shoe companies and The Stratford Court Hotel Ltd. Currently Genis (FC) Ltd - 15.1.03. |
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