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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1368
TitleN Wheatcroft and Son of Cromford, coal merchants, and predecessors
Date1892-1969
DescriptionN Wheatcroft & Co., Cromford (coal merchants) and predecessors William Dawes & Co
Cash books 1940-1967, day books 1934-1968, general ledgers 1892-1963, invoice books 1938-1948, general ledgers 1915-1968, summary ledger 1949-1969
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorN Wheatcroft and Son of Cromford, coal merchants
Administrative HistoryBy the end of the nineteenth century the business of Nathaniel Wheatcroft and Son had coal depots at railway stations in Buxton, Shottle, Derby, Hassop, Bakewell, Rowsley, Idridgehay, Miller's Dale and Wirksworth. The head office was at Cromford Wharf. There is room for ambiguity about the history of the firm and about the identity of Nathaniel Wheatcroft.

In or about 1796 Nathaniel Wheatcroft (1777-1862) began a canal carrying operation based at Cromford Wharf. His children include Nathaniel baptised at the Cromford Circuit in 1817. The coal merchant business, however, was undertaken by Nathaniel senior's nephew, a son of John Wheatcroft, also named Nathaniel, baptised at the Cromford Circuit in 1818. The sons of this Nathaniel were active in the business: John Adams Wheacroft (1855-1939) and Henry Wheatcroft (1856-1912), although John Adams Wheatcroft appears to have withdrawn in 1884 when a partnership with his brother was ended.
Administrative History Sources- Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire 1899
- Cromford Mills, The Arkwright Society, www.cromfordmills.org.uk/cromford-canal/
- Cromford Methodist Circuit Register of baptisms (via Find My Past)
- 1841-1911 census
Custodial HistoryThese records were deposited in Derbyshire Record Office on behalf of the Secretary of the Coal Society in March 1974.
Organisation Sub-TypeCoal merchants
Related MaterialSee D3362 for a stub book indicating coal carted for individual customers 1897.
See D7573 for deeds and papers relating to the Wheatcroft and Arkwright families.

See D96/1/5/p727 for the will of Nathaniel Wheatcroft, 1862; D96/1/25/p229 for the will of Nathaniel Wheatcroft, 1882 and D96/1/55/p459 for the will of Henry Wheatcroft, 1912.
TermBusiness
AcknowledgementsAdministrative History researched and written by cataloguing volunteer Roger Jennens, December 2021.

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Cromford; N Wheatcroft & Son Ltd; c1790-fl 1930; coal and coke merchants
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