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D7223 - John Knowles Ltd, Woodville, pottery manufacturers - c1853-1970s
1 - Corporate and Management records - 1908-1970
2 - Legal records including leases, agreements and patents
3 - Accounts/Financial records
4 - Employment, pension and other staff records
5 - Plant/property records
6 - Administration/Production records
1 - Company letter books
2 - Records of trade and supply
3 - General administration
1 - Letter from HM Inspector of Mines regarding mines being worked in contravention of the law, May - 1887
2 - Suggestions for rearrangement of the business of Messrs John Knowles & Co - c1895
3 - List of pits haulage equipment damaged by subsidence - c1925
4 - Laboratory reports re firing tests on clay samples - 1926-1955
5 - Correspondence between H J Taylor of John Knowles & Co and a Mr Yates of Radiation Ltd regarding general business matters - 1928-1929
6 - Machine cards showing location of machinery, purchase dates etc - 1934-1936
7 - Papers regarding the National Association of Clay Workers - c1945-1947
8 - Letter from the National Farmers' Union to John Knowles & Co regarding changes to subscription charges, Sep - 1950
9 - Notes regarding meeting with the National Coal Board called to discuss damage to No. 5 Fireclay Mine, Aug - 1961
10 - Letter from Radiation Ltd regarding the possibility of taking ownership of John Knowles & Co, Jun - 1968
11 - Letter from John Knowles & Co to shareholders regarding the closure of the stoneware pipe department, Feb - 1970
12 - Letter from Thomas Wragg & sons Ltd regarding the lifting of inferior fireclay, Jul - 1979
13 - Letter regarding the visit of Tom Spencer M.E.P to the Woodville site, Oct - 1979
4 - Wartime operations
5 - Sales catalogues/price lists
7 - Plans, maps and drawings
8 - Railway/Locomotives
9 - History of company
10 - Photographs
11 - Miscellaneous
12 - Personal and family papers
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