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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Thomas Robinson
Place	Derby
Epithet	ironmasters
Dates	fl 1835-1959
History	By 1835 Thomas Robinson (c1780-1850) was established in Bridge Street, Derby as a merchant of nail iron, a listing confirmed in the census of 1841. Census entries in subsequent years show his son Thomas Derby Robinson (1818-1875) at 49 Bridge Street; variously described as "ironmaster and nail manufacturer employing 50 men" (1851); "manufacturer of boiler rivets and horse nails" (1861) and "nailer employing 75 men" (1871). Census records show an area adjacent to 49 Bridge Street known as Robinson Court or Robinson's Yard, home by 1851 to rivetters, nailers and other such workers. The firm continued after the death of Thomas Derby Robinson, at some point moving to Parcel Terrace, Derby. The firm closed in 1959.
Address	Bridge Street (1841-1871) Parcel Terrace (before 1959)
Authorised Form of Name	Derby; Thomas Robinson; fl 1835-1959; ironmasters

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