Corporate DS/UK/P/344 Clay Cross; Clay Cross Company Ltd Clay Cross Company Ltd Clay Cross

The Clay Cross Company Ltd was founded in 1837 by George Stephenson, under the name of George Stephenson and Company. Stephenson had discovered the coal and limestone resources of Clay Cross during the construction of the Derby-Leeds railway. In 1840 the company's interests included coal mining, limestone quarrying and limestone mining and iron stone mining. On the transfer of ownership in 1847, the company's name was changed to the Clay Cross Company. ¶ ¶The main foundry was completed in 1866 and enlarged in 1876. By 1937, the year of the company's centenary, its interests had expanded to include the production of 3,000 tons of coal per day, a power house producing all its electricity, limestone quarries at Crich and lime burning works at Ambergate, lead workings at Ashover, and a light railway which ran the 8 miles between Ashover and the Clay Cross works. ¶ ¶In 1947 the collieries and coke ovens were nationalised, followed by the gas works the next year. With the improvement of the road network, the 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) Yes DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 31/12/2021 53762622-c2bb-41aa-a9ec-673b8a91e44a