Corporate Ambergate; Alderwasley Wire Mills; 1876-1996; ironmasters and wire manufacturers DS/UK/P/22 Alderwasley Wire Mills Richard Johnson and Nephew (1876-1973) Johnson and Firth Brown Ltd (1973-1996) 1876-1996 ironmasters and wire manufacturers Ambergate

Richard Johnson and Nephew were a firm of ironmasters and wire drawers based in Bradford, Manchester, with a heritage dating back to 1773. In 1876 the firm opened a new site at Ambergate, on the site of the former ironworks of John and Charles Mold on the banks of the River Derwent. In 1973 the firm was merged with Thomas Firth and John Brown Ltd, to be known as Johnson and Firth Brown Ltd. In 1981 two steel wire subsidiaries, Johnson and Nephew (Manchester) and Johnson and Nephew (Ambergate) were sold to Cape Gate of South Africa. The Ambergate site was closed in 1996. Yes 'Johnson and Nephew: Ambergate Wireworks' on the 'Crich Parish' local history website: www.crichparish.co.uk/newwebpages/wireworks2.html, accessed 2021 'Richard Johnson and Nephew' on Grace's Guide website: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Richard_Johnson_and_Nephew, accessed 2021 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\a7005277 31/12/2021 8bcbcf5d-49b4-4f9d-9faf-168c06da683f