Corporate DS/UK/4119 Langley Mill; Pickersgill and Frost; c1873-1969; iron founders Pickersgill and Frost iron founders c1873-1969 Langley Mill Langley Mill

The business was founded in the early 1870s by Samuel Pickersgill (1828-1890) and John William Frost (1831-1893). The manufacture of stove grates and fireplaces was undertaken at the Star Foundry, Eagle Street, Derby with a showroom at Siddals Road, Derby. In 1895, under the management of John William Frost's sons, Albert Booker Frost (1864-1913) and John Arthur Frost (1869- 1961) the business moved to a foundry at Langley Mill, previously occuipied by the Langley Mill Steel and Iron Works Company. The business closed in 1969. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Derbyshire Record Office Collections Manual Section 7 v5.1 (May 2020) - Derbyshire Historic Environment Record, Monument MDR11517 - British Newspaper Archive - Wright's Directory of South Derbyshire (1874) History researched and written by cataloguing volunteer Roger Jennens, December 2021. Complete Yes DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 24/12/2021 DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 24/12/2021 ed04653f-9ce3-4007-99ab-9b5f05fe9c36