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Collapse D7223 - John Knowles Ltd, Woodville, pottery manufacturers - c1853-1970sD7223 - John Knowles Ltd, Woodville, pottery manufacturers - c1853-1970s
Expand 1 - Corporate and Management records - 1908-19701 - Corporate and Management records - 1908-1970
Expand 2 - Legal records including leases, agreements and patents2 - Legal records including leases, agreements and patents
Expand 3 - Accounts/Financial records3 - Accounts/Financial records
Expand 4 - Employment, pension and other staff records4 - Employment, pension and other staff records
Expand 5 - Plant/property records5 - Plant/property records
Expand 6 - Administration/Production records6 - Administration/Production records
Expand 7 - Plans, maps and drawings7 - Plans, maps and drawings
Collapse 8 - Railway/Locomotives8 - Railway/Locomotives
1 - Letters from The Hunsley Engine Company regarding John Knowles & Co's order for a "small loco" - 1897-1898
2 - Letters from The Hunsley Engine Company regarding inspection of small Loco "Jack", Oct-Nov - 1898
3 - Notes on history of Loco "Jack" - 1956-1968
4 - File of papers regarding the restoration of Loco "Gwen" - 1959-1992
5 - Letter from a Mr I S Smith regarding the history of Knowles Locos "Jack" and "Dover" and potentail of obtaining the plates - 1956
6 - Letter from The Hunslet Engine Works to J F Trevor, Managing Director of John Knowles & Co, regarding the history of various Knowles Locos, Jan - 1967
7 - Letter from Roger West of the Industrial Railway Society to J F Trevor, Managing Director of John Knowles & Co, regarding an article on the Knowles railway, Oct - 1972
8 - Correspondence between J F Trevor, former Managing Director of John Knowles & Co, and R Atkins of Cowan ,Australia, regarding his building of a scale model of Loco "Gwen", Jul-Aug - 1980
9 - Correspondence between J F Trevor, former Managing Director of John Knowles & Co, and Ron Redman of the Narrow Gauge Railway Society regarding Loco "Jack" on display at the Leeds Industrial Museum - 1983-1984
10 - Correspondence between J F Trevor, Managing Director of John Knowles & Co, and the Leeds Industrial Museum, regarding their obtaining Loco "Jack" for their collections - 1984-1986
11 - Leaflet on the history of Loco "Gwen" - 1991
12 - Correspondence bewteen Dyson Refractories and the Cambourne School of Mines regarding the preservation of the horizontal steam engine at the Mount Pleasant Works - 1992
Expand 9 - History of company9 - History of company
Expand 10 - Photographs10 - Photographs
Expand 11 - Miscellaneous 11 - Miscellaneous
Expand 12 - Personal and family papers12 - Personal and family papers
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