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Collapse D503 - Butterley Company of Ripley, colliery owners, iron founders, mechanical engineers and brick manufacturers and subsidiaries - 1675-20th centD503 - Butterley Company of Ripley, colliery owners, iron founders, mechanical engineers and brick manufacturers and subsidiaries - 1675-20th cent
Expand 1 - Title deeds - 1675-19731 - Title deeds - 1675-1973
Expand 2 - Title deeds - 1803-18972 - Title deeds - 1803-1897
Expand 3 - Company and Administration - 1839-19653 - Company and Administration - 1839-1965
Expand 4 - Companies Acts annual returns - 1907-19804 - Companies Acts annual returns - 1907-1980
Expand 5 - Seal books - 1888-19665 - Seal books - 1888-1966
Expand 6 - Register of mortgages - 1960-19696 - Register of mortgages - 1960-1969
Expand 7 - Directors' records including appointment and resignations, holdings and interests - 20th cent7 - Directors' records including appointment and resignations, holdings and interests - 20th cent
Expand 8 - Directors' meetings minutes - 1878-19578 - Directors' meetings minutes - 1878-1957
Expand 9 - Indexes to minute books - 1888-19299 - Indexes to minute books - 1888-1929
Expand 10 - Draft Directors meetings minutes - 1888-190110 - Draft Directors meetings minutes - 1888-1901
Expand 11 - Working Directors' meetings minutes - 1938-194811 - Working Directors' meetings minutes - 1938-1948
Expand 12 - Correspondence - 1795-191012 - Correspondence - 1795-1910
Expand 13 - Correspondence - 1894-190413 - Correspondence - 1894-1904
Expand 14 - Managing Directors' annual reports - 1889-196714 - Managing Directors' annual reports - 1889-1967
Expand 15 - Chairman's statements and reports of proceedings at AGMs (except for 1965 and 1966) - 1926-196715 - Chairman's statements and reports of proceedings at AGMs (except for 1965 and 1966) - 1926-1967
Expand 16 - Shares - 1888-193616 - Shares - 1888-1936
Expand 17 - Register of shares/members - 1912-196717 - Register of shares/members - 1912-1967
Expand 18 - Register of preference share holders - c1935-196418 - Register of preference share holders - c1935-1964
Expand 19 - Dividend books - 1914-195419 - Dividend books - 1914-1954
Expand 20 - Debentures - 1888-193420 - Debentures - 1888-1934
Expand 21 - Shares - [early 20th cent]21 - Shares - [early 20th cent]
Expand 22 - General management22 - General management
Expand 23 - Certified accounts - 1881-196723 - Certified accounts - 1881-1967
24 - Auditors' reports, half-yearly from 31 Mar 1880 to 31 Mar 1906 - 1880-1906
Expand 25 - Auditors' reports, balance sheets and accounts Half-yearly from 31 Mar 1909 to 31 Sep 1938 - 1909-196625 - Auditors' reports, balance sheets and accounts Half-yearly from 31 Mar 1909 to 31 Sep 1938 - 1909-1966
Expand 26 - Profit and loss accounts - 1810-196726 - Profit and loss accounts - 1810-1967
Expand 27 - Profit and loss accounts, and other financial records - 1820-196327 - Profit and loss accounts, and other financial records - 1820-1963
28 - Private ledger of Benjamin Outram and Co, later Butterley Company - 1796-1856
Expand 29 - Private ledgers - 1852-196929 - Private ledgers - 1852-1969
30 - Private ledger of subsidiaries - 1967
Expand 31 - Private journals - Butterley Ironworks - 1855-193631 - Private journals - Butterley Ironworks - 1855-1936
Expand 32 - Subsidiary private journal, relating to compensation, welfare, schools, etc - 1938-194432 - Subsidiary private journal, relating to compensation, welfare, schools, etc - 1938-1944
Expand 33 - Private cash books - 1885-193733 - Private cash books - 1885-1937
Expand 34 - Nominal Ledgers - 1944-196634 - Nominal Ledgers - 1944-1966
Expand 35 - General Financial Records - 1790-188835 - General Financial Records - 1790-1888
Expand 36 - General Financial Records - 1888-196036 - General Financial Records - 1888-1960
Expand 37 - Capital accounts - 1888-194537 - Capital accounts - 1888-1945
Expand 38 - Financial - General38 - Financial - General
Expand 39 - Salaries ledgers - 1883-192439 - Salaries ledgers - 1883-1924
Expand 40 - Salaries cash books - 1921-194740 - Salaries cash books - 1921-1947
Expand 41 - Codnor Park Wages - 1944-194541 - Codnor Park Wages - 1944-1945
Expand 42 - Furnace Ledgers - 1800-194442 - Furnace Ledgers - 1800-1944
Expand 43 - Production account books - 1885-193443 - Production account books - 1885-1934
Expand 44 - Codnor Park Forge Cost Books - 1882-196244 - Codnor Park Forge Cost Books - 1882-1962
Expand 45 - Bar mills costs books - 1917-193045 - Bar mills costs books - 1917-1930
Expand 46 - Puddles, ball furnaces and bar mills costs books - 1934-194346 - Puddles, ball furnaces and bar mills costs books - 1934-1943
Expand 47 - Other financial records - 1810-194847 - Other financial records - 1810-1948
Expand 48 - Mineral rents ledgers, with indexes - 1888-194748 - Mineral rents ledgers, with indexes - 1888-1947
Expand 49 - Mineral rent journals - 1889-194749 - Mineral rent journals - 1889-1947
Expand 50 - Coal sales and Coal Nationalisation Act, 1946 - 1849-185050 - Coal sales and Coal Nationalisation Act, 1946 - 1849-1850
Expand 51 - Forge Book - 1824-187451 - Forge Book - 1824-1874
Expand 52 - Codnor Park managers' report books, marked 'letter books' - 1895-192752 - Codnor Park managers' report books, marked 'letter books' - 1895-1927
Expand 53 - Works letter books - 1906-191553 - Works letter books - 1906-1915
Expand 54 - Daily tonnage of steel produced and pig iron analysis - 1941-196254 - Daily tonnage of steel produced and pig iron analysis - 1941-1962
Expand 55 - Codnor Park Stock Books - 1902-194855 - Codnor Park Stock Books - 1902-1948
Expand 56 - Order Books - 1951-196556 - Order Books - 1951-1965
Expand 57 - Specification and technical drawing - [19th cent]-191757 - Specification and technical drawing - [19th cent]-1917
Expand 58 - Correspondence and other items concerning production - 1801-188658 - Correspondence and other items concerning production - 1801-1886
Expand 59 - Contract books - 1924-194459 - Contract books - 1924-1944
Expand 60 - Contracts - 1838-190760 - Contracts - 1838-1907
Expand 61 - Shipping from Codnor Park - 1906-191061 - Shipping from Codnor Park - 1906-1910
Expand 62 - Record books of seams/mines purchased and worked - 1901-191462 - Record books of seams/mines purchased and worked - 1901-1914
Expand 63 - Mines worked record/account books - 1908-194663 - Mines worked record/account books - 1908-1946
Expand 64 - Abstracts of mineral conveyances, leases and agreements, including accounts of overpaid minimum rents (1888-1937) and balances of minerals purchased (1906-1937), with drafts and indexes - 1791-194264 - Abstracts of mineral conveyances, leases and agreements, including accounts of overpaid minimum rents (1888-1937) and balances of minerals purchased (1906-1937), with drafts and indexes - 1791-1942
Expand 65 - Correspondence, valuations, draft leases and other papers concerning Mining Property - 1877-189365 - Correspondence, valuations, draft leases and other papers concerning Mining Property - 1877-1893
Expand 66 - Coal Industry Nationalisation Compensation - c1947-195866 - Coal Industry Nationalisation Compensation - c1947-1958
Expand 67 - Schedules and valuations of plant and premises - 1791-192067 - Schedules and valuations of plant and premises - 1791-1920
Expand 68 - Accounts, plans, agreements and other papers concerning plant, premises and stock - 1793-194368 - Accounts, plans, agreements and other papers concerning plant, premises and stock - 1793-1943
Expand 69 - Farming and tenancy records, including leases, agreements, valuations - 1862-197169 - Farming and tenancy records, including leases, agreements, valuations - 1862-1971
Expand 70 - Farming and tenancy records for Codnor, Loscoe, Swanwick, Golden Valley and Codnor Park, including rent accounts - 1865-196970 - Farming and tenancy records for Codnor, Loscoe, Swanwick, Golden Valley and Codnor Park, including rent accounts - 1865-1969
Expand 71 - Tenancy records concerning London property - 1880-195571 - Tenancy records concerning London property - 1880-1955
Expand 72 - Other tenancy records - 1892-189972 - Other tenancy records - 1892-1899
Expand 73 - Plans - General73 - Plans - General
Expand 74 - Plans of individual properties - 1849-c189774 - Plans of individual properties - 1849-c1897
Expand 75 - Plans from conveyances, leases, etc. originally bound in a volume which was damaged by damp - 1875-190175 - Plans from conveyances, leases, etc. originally bound in a volume which was damaged by damp - 1875-1901
Expand 76 - Plans - mining76 - Plans - mining
Expand 77 - Plans - mining77 - Plans - mining
Expand 78 - Patents, specifications and related papers - 1806-191578 - Patents, specifications and related papers - 1806-1915
Expand 79 - Legal papers relating to the Cromford Canal - 1789-186979 - Legal papers relating to the Cromford Canal - 1789-1869
Expand 80 - Other legal papers, including disputes - 1820-195580 - Other legal papers, including disputes - 1820-1955
Expand 81 - Social Survey, being a statistical report on men employed by the company, living at Aldercar, Langley, Codnor and Eastwood - 185681 - Social Survey, being a statistical report on men employed by the company, living at Aldercar, Langley, Codnor and Eastwood - 1856
Expand 82 - Employees and working conditions - c1800-194082 - Employees and working conditions - c1800-1940
Expand 83 - Apprenticeship indentures - 1831-190983 - Apprenticeship indentures - 1831-1909
Expand 84 - Other records relating to apprentices - 1852-188984 - Other records relating to apprentices - 1852-1889
Expand 85 - Labour - wages and disputes - 1865-1933 85 - Labour - wages and disputes - 1865-1933
Expand 86 - Workmen's Pension Scheme - 1953-198286 - Workmen's Pension Scheme - 1953-1982
Expand 87 - Workmen's Compensation Trust - 1934-195487 - Workmen's Compensation Trust - 1934-1954
Expand 88 - Other records relating to labour welfare - 1854-189888 - Other records relating to labour welfare - 1854-1898
Expand 89 - Prices and promotional89 - Prices and promotional
Collapse 90 - Photographs - castings and products90 - Photographs - castings and products
1 - Photograph album of castings and products for potential clients 17 photographs of condensor, small castings, bedplates and turbine castings - [early 20th cent]
2 - Photograph album of castings and products for potential clients 13 photographs of condensor, centrifugal pump, bedplate and iron water tank - [early 20th cent]
3 - Photograph album of castings and products for potential clients 16 photographs of rope haulage gear, pumps, iron bedplates, tubbings and bollards - [early 20th cent]
4 - Photographs removed from a damaged album of album of castings and products Large castings - [20th cent]
5 - Photographs removed from a damaged album of album of castings and product Culham Bridge (?) over River Thames - [20th cent]
6-7 - Photographs removed from a damaged album of album of castings and products Large castings - [20th cent]
8 - Photographs removed from a damaged album of album of castings and products Small castings, c1931 - [20th cent]
9 - Photographs removed from a damaged album of album of castings and products Steel container - [20th cent]
10 - Photographs removed from a damaged album of album of castings and products Patent steel body van - [20th cent]
11 - Photographs removed from a damaged album of album of castings and products Hauling gear - [20th cent]
12 - Photographs removed from a damaged album of album of castings and products Pulley wheels - [20th cent]
13 - Photographs removed from a damaged album of album of castings and products Silage and fodder cutter - [20th cent]
14 - Photographs removed from a damaged album of album of castings and products Smaller castings - [20th cent]
15-24 - Photographs removed from a damaged album of album of castings and products Unidentified machinery - [20th cent]
25 - Casting for unidentified machinery - [early 20th cent]
26-27 - Casting for condensors - [early 20th cent]
28-29 - Castings for iron tanks, one with group of workmen - [early 20th cent]
30-33 - Castings for unknown machinery, possibly a condensor - [early 20th cent]
34 - Smaller castings - [early 20th cent]
35 - Smaller castings - c1931
36 - Drain covers - [mid-20th cent]
37-38 - Presses - [early 20th cent]
39-49 - Equipment photographs - assorted presses and pneumatic clutch, with description details on back, Cowlishaw Walker, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent - [mid-20th cent]
50-53 - Hauling gear machinery for Craig and Donald of Johnstone [Scotland] - [early 20th cent]
54 - Lathe, Wadkin and Co, Leicester - [mid-20th cent]
55 - Unidentified machinery, Wilkins and Mitchell Darlaston, Staffordshire - [early 20th cent]
56 - Steel container - [mid-20th cent]
57 - "B Patent steel body van" - [early 20th cent]
58 - 2 machines for Royal Aircraft establishment to provide air for engine and carburettor testing - [early 20th cent]
59 - Wagon built for North Wilford Power Station - [early 20th cent]
60 - Cast iron piping for electricity works, Kingston, Isle of Wight - [mid-20th cent]
61 - Pipes being laid for Weymouth Corporation Electricity Department - [mid-20th cent]
62 - Vitaulic cast iron main being lowered at Newhaven Harbour - [mid-20th cent]
63-64 - Bridge sections on track (on back, Hornchurch Road) - [early 20th cent]
65-66 - Construction of shed at Dover Station - 1914
67-69 - Construction of depot goods shed for Southern Railway - [early 20th cent]
70-71 - Shell of structure in construction, with workmen (possibly Dover ?) - [early 20th cent]
72-73 - Long series of strutts (for roof ?) - [early 20th cent]
74 - Cast iron aqueduct over River Calder at Stanley Ferry (badly damaged) - [late 19th cent]
75-76 - Unidentified bridge built by Butterley Company, including workmen (faded) - [early 20th cent]
77 - Workmen on Brandon Bridge over River Ouse - 1928
78 - Road bridge for "Nigeria Ibadan NASP" - 1932
79 - Culham Bridge over the River Thames - [early 20th cent]
80 - Appleford Bridge near Oxford, over River Thames - 1928
81-82 - Bridges (2) at Boston, one showing complete single span bridge and one in the process of construction - [early 20th cent]
83 - Exhibition stand for the Royal Show at York - 1948
84 - Georgian house made out of Butterley bricks for the Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition - [1960s]
85 - Railway wagon - [early 20th cent]
Expand 91 - Photographs - Works and premises91 - Photographs - Works and premises
Expand 92 - Photograph - individuals92 - Photograph - individuals
Expand 93 - Photographs - groups and functions93 - Photographs - groups and functions
Expand 94 - Other illustrative material94 - Other illustrative material
Expand 95 - Miscellaneous - History of Company95 - Miscellaneous - History of Company
Expand 96 - Miscellaneous - Articles96 - Miscellaneous - Articles
Expand 97 - Miscellaneous - Directors, etc97 - Miscellaneous - Directors, etc
Expand 98 - Miscellaneous - Business98 - Miscellaneous - Business
Expand 99 - Miscellaneous - Assorted99 - Miscellaneous - Assorted
Expand 100 - Butterley Housing Co Ltd100 - Butterley Housing Co Ltd
Expand 101 - First Inter-Town Properties Ltd101 - First Inter-Town Properties Ltd
Expand 102 - A H Couser Ltd/Butterley Simms Wulpa Lift Co Ltd/Butterley Wulpa Lift Co Ltd/Butterley Engineering Co Ltd/Butterley (E) Ltd102 - A H Couser Ltd/Butterley Simms Wulpa Lift Co Ltd/Butterley Wulpa Lift Co Ltd/Butterley Engineering Co Ltd/Butterley (E) Ltd
Expand 103 - F C Hibberd and Co Ltd/Butterley (FCH) Ltd103 - F C Hibberd and Co Ltd/Butterley (FCH) Ltd
Expand 104 - T Darnell and Sons Ltd/ Butterley (TD) Ltd104 - T Darnell and Sons Ltd/ Butterley (TD) Ltd
Expand 105 - Vibrocon (Norwest) Ltd/Richard Lees Ltd105 - Vibrocon (Norwest) Ltd/Richard Lees Ltd
Expand 106 - Blaby Brick and Tile Co Ltd/Butterley and Blaby Brick Companies Ltd/Butterley Brick Co Ltd106 - Blaby Brick and Tile Co Ltd/Butterley and Blaby Brick Companies Ltd/Butterley Brick Co Ltd
Expand 107 - Aglite (Midlands) Ltd/Butterley Aglite Ltd107 - Aglite (Midlands) Ltd/Butterley Aglite Ltd
Expand 108 - G Tucker and Sons Ltd108 - G Tucker and Sons Ltd
Expand 109 - Mugginton Sand and Gravel Ltd109 - Mugginton Sand and Gravel Ltd
Expand 110 - Apex Sand and Gravel Ltd110 - Apex Sand and Gravel Ltd
Expand 111 - Lincolnshire Traffics Ltd/Butterley Quarries Ltd - 1945-1970111 - Lincolnshire Traffics Ltd/Butterley Quarries Ltd - 1945-1970
Expand 112 - Ackroyd Quarries Ltd112 - Ackroyd Quarries Ltd
Expand 113 - Agricultural Limes Ltd113 - Agricultural Limes Ltd
Expand 114 - H Appleyard (Grimsby) Ltd114 - H Appleyard (Grimsby) Ltd
Expand 115 - Dunston Stone Quarries Ltd115 - Dunston Stone Quarries Ltd
Expand 116 - Grasby Limes Ltd116 - Grasby Limes Ltd
Expand 117 - Hartsholme Gravel and Sand Co Ltd117 - Hartsholme Gravel and Sand Co Ltd
Expand 118 - Hartsholme Sales Ltd/Aglite Engineering Ltd/Butterley (AE) Ltd118 - Hartsholme Sales Ltd/Aglite Engineering Ltd/Butterley (AE) Ltd
Expand 119 - Lincolnshire Construction Co Ltd119 - Lincolnshire Construction Co Ltd
Expand 120 - Lincoln Stone Quarries Ltd120 - Lincoln Stone Quarries Ltd
Expand 121 - E Plant and Sons (Grimsby) Ltd121 - E Plant and Sons (Grimsby) Ltd
Expand 122 - Trentford Gravels Ltd122 - Trentford Gravels Ltd
Expand 123 - Crystalime Ltd/Trentford Mixed Concrete Ltd123 - Crystalime Ltd/Trentford Mixed Concrete Ltd
Expand 124 - Pre-Mixed Concrete (Lincoln) Ltd124 - Pre-Mixed Concrete (Lincoln) Ltd
Expand 125 - Lincoln Mixed Concrete Ltd125 - Lincoln Mixed Concrete Ltd
Expand 126 - Parish Quarries Ltd/Exhibition Minerals Ltd126 - Parish Quarries Ltd/Exhibition Minerals Ltd
Expand 127 - Butterley Building Materials127 - Butterley Building Materials
Expand 128 - National Star Brick and Tile Holdings Ltd - 1934-1989128 - National Star Brick and Tile Holdings Ltd - 1934-1989
Expand 129 - Star Brick and Tile Co Ltd129 - Star Brick and Tile Co Ltd
Expand 130 - Neal and Co Ltd/National Brick Co Ltd130 - Neal and Co Ltd/National Brick Co Ltd
Expand 131 - Tondu Brickworks Co Ltd131 - Tondu Brickworks Co Ltd
Expand 132 - National Star Floor and Wall Tiling Co Ltd132 - National Star Floor and Wall Tiling Co Ltd
Expand 133 - Bayliss Brickworks Ltd/Birmingham Brick Co133 - Bayliss Brickworks Ltd/Birmingham Brick Co
Expand 134 - National Star Group Sales Ltd134 - National Star Group Sales Ltd
Expand 135 - Abersychan Brick Co Ltd135 - Abersychan Brick Co Ltd
Expand 136 - Cwmbran Brick Co Ltd136 - Cwmbran Brick Co Ltd
Expand 137 - Clay Products Ltd137 - Clay Products Ltd
Expand 138 - Claughton Manor Brick Co Ltd138 - Claughton Manor Brick Co Ltd
Expand 139 - Castle Brick Co Ltd/Castle Fire Brick Co Ltd, Buckley, Flintshire - 1961-1974139 - Castle Brick Co Ltd/Castle Fire Brick Co Ltd, Buckley, Flintshire - 1961-1974
Expand 140 - Unidentified140 - Unidentified
Expand UL - Butterley Company and subsidiaries: unlisted records - 20th centUL - Butterley Company and subsidiaries: unlisted records - 20th cent
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