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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5472
TitleLeys Malleable Castings Company Ltd, Derby
Date1880s-1940s
DescriptionPre-registration title deeds to properties purchased by the company
Extent1.5 boxes
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorLeys Malleable Castings Company Ltd, Derby
Administrative HistoryFrancis Ley owned Vulcan Ironworks on Vulcan Street and Harrington Street, Derby by the1880s. He sold the property to Ley's Malleable Casting Co Ltd in 1902. The company also acquired in 1908 the Wellington Foundry on Osmaston Road which was built on Lime Pit Close, previously owned by Ley.

Ley built a recreation ground next to the Vulcan Ironworks. He was very interested in the United States of America and introduced baseball to the recreation ground which was then known as the Baseball Ground. In 1925 the Baseball Ground was sold to Derby County Football Club and became the club's home until 1997. Ley was remembered in the naming of the Ley Stand.

Parts of the property was sold to Ewart Chainbelt Company in the mid-twentieth century.
Custodial HistoryThe records were deposited by a firm of solicitors in June 2001.
Organisation Sub-TypeEngineering and Heavy Industry
Related MaterialFor Ley's Malleable Casting Co Ltd catalogue 1887 see D331/26/70
For Ewart Chain-Belt Company brochure 1934 see D3601/1, notes 1918 see D4515
TermBusiness
Association football
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Derby 
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