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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D626
Title	Pickersgill and Frost of Langley Mill, iron founders
Date	[late 19th-mid 20th cent]
Description	Financial and other records, including private ledger 1897-1905
Extent	7 boxes
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Pickersgill and Frost of Langley Mill, iron founders
Administrative History	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.
Administrative History Sources	- Derbyshire Historic Environment Record, Monument MDR11517 - British Newspaper Archive - Wright's Directory of South Derbyshire (1874)
Custodial History	Acquired by Derbyshire Record Office in 1969
Organisation Sub-Type	Engineering and Heavy Industry
Term	Business
Acknowledgements	Administrative History researched and written by cataloguing volunteer Roger Jennens, December 2021.