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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D3808
TitleStanton and Staveley Ltd, formerly Staveley Coal and Iron Co Ltd and Stanton Ironworks Co Ltd
Date1793-1996
DescriptionThis archive includes the records of Stanton and Staveley Ltd, its predecessor companies and subsidiaries:
- Staveley Coal and Iron Company Ltd
- Stanton Ironworks Co Ltd
- Staveley Iron and Chemical Co
- Stanton and Staveley Ltd
- Collieries owned by Staveley Coal and Iron and Stanton Ironworks
- Subsidiary and associeated companies
- former employees
Extent123 shelves
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorStanton and Staveley Ltd, 1962-1967, Derbyshire
Stanton Ironworks Co Ltd, 1878-1962, Derbyshire
Staveley Iron and Chemical Co, 1948-1962, Derbyshire
Staveley Coal and Iron Company, 1863-1948, Derbyshire
Administrative HistoryThe Stanton Ironworks Co Ltd in Stanton-by-Dale, Ilkeston (incorporated in 1855), and the Staveley Coal and Iron Company in Staveley, near Chesterfield (incorporated in 1863), were both nationalised under the Iron and Steel Act in 1951, and became part of the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain.

Because iron and steel companies had wide ranging activities over and above iron and steel making, nationalisation did not follow the model used in, for example, the coal industry, and instead the legislation made the Iron and Steel Corporation the sole shareholder of the nationalised iron and steel companies. When the conservative government returned to power, the corporation was superseded by the Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation Agency, which sold the shares into private ownership again. In 1961, Stewarts and Lloyds purchased Stanton Ironworks and the Staveley Iron and Chemical Co from the Holding and Realisation Agency to form Stanton and Staveley.

In 1967 Stewarts and Lloyds and all its subsidiaries, including Stanton and Staveley Ltd, was nationalised and became part of the British Steel Corporation. The firm was passed back into the private sector in 1985 when it was acquired by Pont-á-Mousson SA. The new name became Stanton plc. In 2000 it became part of Saint-Gobain Pipelines plc.
Custodial HistoryThese records were deposited in Derbyshire Record Office by Stanton Plc at various dates between August 1993 and January 1999. Further records were received from Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery between September 2000 and January 2023; those received in November 2015, December 2022 and January 2023 can be found under the reference D3808/UL. Another two consigments were received from Stanton Bonna Concrete (successor company to Stanton Plc) and a member of the public, in November 2015 and May 2018 respectively.
ArrangementThis collection has been rearranged to better group the records. The original reference numbers remain unchanged. Please click on the link under 'Browse this collection' to view the new arrangement.
Organisation Sub-TypeEngineering and Heavy Industry
Publication NoteFor a history of the firm see Stanton and Staveley - a business history, SD Chapman (Wood-Faulkner Ltd 1981).
TermBusiness
Ironworks
Coal industry
Chemical industry
Extractive industry
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
Staveley 
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