Catalogue description Lees family business records 1871-1933

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Details of DD339
Reference: DD339
Title: Lees family business records 1871-1933
Description:

STOCK BOOK AND ACCOUNTS
Date: 1862 - 1933
Related material:

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Held by: Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

H Lees and Sons Ltd, Ashton under Lyne, iron and steel manufacturers
Physical description: 3 FILES
Immediate source of acquisition:

Depositor: Park Bridge Visitor Centre
Custodial history:

Accession: 2664

 

Accession date: 10 Aug 1996
Administrative / biographical background:

Samuel Lees of Alt Hill probably founded a smithy at Park Bridge around 1670. Park Bridge smithy was founded by Samuel Lees in 1786 on land rented from the Earl of Stamford. In 1806 the business was taken over by Hannah Lees, and expanded. Iron manufacture probably started in the early 1800s. Samuel Lees, Hannah's son, inherited Park Bridge. Another son, Henry, set up an ironworking business at Bridge End, Ashton under Lyne. The company remained in Lees family ownership until its closure in the 1960s.
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