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D6411 - W A Hiscox Ltd of Derby - [20th cent]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D6411
Title	W A Hiscox Ltd of Derby
Date	[20th cent]
Description	The records consist of a Cash book, letter book, photograph album of industrial equipment and machinery, file of brochures, photographs.
Extent	0.5 box
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	W A Hiscox Ltd of Derby
Administrative History	W.A.Hiscox Ltd were quarry machinery manufacturers located in Stuart Street, Derby. They first appear in Kelly's Directory of 1928 and appear again in 1936. The founder of W.A. Hiscox Ltd was William Arthur Hiscox who died in 1948. His son Ernest William Hiscox ran the business until September 1971 when the business went into voluntary liquidation. All of the photographs in the promotional brochures were taken by Ernest William Hiscox whose hobby was photography and who became a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society later on. The records were donated to the Record Office by a private individual via the Buxton Museum service.
Custodial History	Acquired by Derbyshire Record Office in 2005
Organisation Sub-Type	Engineering and Heavy Industry
Term	Business

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Derby

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