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Archive Reference / Library Class No.Q/AG/23-24
TitleReturns of the Apprentices [bound from a distance] in the Cotton Mills within Darley Abbey, parish of St Alkmunds
Date1841
DescriptionGives names of parishes, names of mills, names of proprietors of mills, names of apprentices in each mill during hte last ten years ending Christmas 1840, where from if out of county, when bound, between whom indentures made, when they left and where went to, whether parish apprentice or not, remarks
Extent2 items
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorDerbyshire County Quarter Sessions
Privacy NoticeData Subjects in Archives Privacy Notice
FormatDocument
TermTextiles
Manufacturing industry
Cotton textile industry
Apprenticeship
Business practice and regulation
Apprentices
Transcript or IndexCalendar of Names of apprentices during the last ten years ending Christmas 1840

In all cases the Parties to Indenture is given as Walter Evans & Co., none are identified as parish apprentices
- Thomas Peat of Derby, bound 5 *Feb 1834. Date left: 30 Aug 1839. Remarks: Thomas Peat did not conduct himself to the satisfaction of Messrs. Walter Evans & Co. Ltd., & his Indentures were cancelled with the consent of all parties August 30th 1839 & the following Memorandum made on the back of the Indentures vis.
Aug’st 30 1839 We hereby consent to cancel these Indentures
[Signed] Thomas Peat Junr / Thomas Peat / Walter Evans & Co.
Witness: Will’m Whiston Junr
* Date given as 5 Sep 1834 on Q/AG/24

- Lawrence Greensmith of Darley Abbey, bound 30 May 1836. Date left; [blank]. Remarks: Behaves very well

- John Allen of Darley Abbey, bound 22 Jun 1836. Date left: [blank]. Remarks: Behaves very well

Q/AG/23
On visiting the Mill at Darley Abben, I was much pleased to find the Rooms so clean with thorough Ventilation, & the absence of all offensive smells. The people employed appeared generally healthy.
R.F. Forester M.D. March 9th 1841

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I hereby Certify that I in company with R. F. Forester Esq., Justice of the Peace, inspected the Darley Abbey Mill, on Tuesday 9th day of March 1841 and was much pleased with the striking cleanliness and the thorough Ventilation of the said Mill as also the healthy appearance of the Apprentice whom we saw.
Signed
James howthes Senhouse
Vicar of Sawley nr. Derby 27th March 1841
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