Catalogue description J BLAKE, BAKERS AND CONFECTIONERS
This record is held by Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Reference: | ZCR 378 |
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Title: | J BLAKE, BAKERS AND CONFECTIONERS |
Description: |
Accounts, photographs |
Date: | 1890-1967 |
Held by: | Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
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Physical description: | 30 Files |
Access conditions: |
Prior notice required for access |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The firm of J Blake, bakers and confectioners, of 5 & 7 Watergate Row, was established in 1842. In Bagshaw's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County Palatine of Chester, 1850, the firm is listed in Bridge Street Row, but later moved to Eastgate Row South. By the mid 1860s, the firm had moved again, to Watergate Row. In 1920, Blake's Cafe was opened at 12 Bridge Street. The cafe was closed in the mid 1930s. |
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