Record

D4855

Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D4855/UL
Title	Bennett and Sayer of Derby, brick machinery manufacturers
Date	[20th cent]
Description	day books 1916-1946, sales day books 1946-1961, cash books 1947-1973, staff time books 1923-1946, bought day books 1912-1959, bought ledgers 1912-1949, purchase analysis books 1961-1966, wages books etc.
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Bennett and Sayer of Derby, brick machinery manufacturers
Administrative History	Bennett and Sayer was founded in 1875 by Richard Bennett (1847-1885), active in a number of brick-making businesses, and William Sayer (c1853-1918), an engineer. An undated letterhead describes the business as Engineers, Ironfounders and General Millwrights. An advertisement in Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire 1895 locates the head office at the Slack Lane Brickworks, Derby. Bennett & Sayer went into voluntary liquidation in 1990.
Administrative History Sources	- Martyn Fretwell (2014) 'Bennett - Brickmakers in Derby, Nottingham and Lincoln', https://eastmidlandsnamedbricks.blogspot.com/2014/09/bennett-brickmakers-in-derby-nottingham.html
Custodial History	These records were donated to Derbyshire Record Office by Bennet & Sayer in 1998
Organisation Sub-Type	Building and construction
Related Material	See - D982/1/1/236 for financial correspondence with Eagle Star Foundry at Belper, 1963 - D2045/5 for a business card of the firm - D96/1/29/p600 for the will of Richard Bennett 1886 - D96/1/62/p277 for the will of William Sayer 1919
Term	Business
Acknowledgements	Administrative History researched and written by cataloguing volunteer Roger Jennens, December 2021.