Matlock:
Letterheads of Local Businesses, 1900-1949 (1) |
Matlock : Twentieth Century Photographs, Postcards,
Engravings & Etchings |
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A series of letterheads found on stationery used by Matlock and
Matlock Bath businesses from 1900 to the shortly after the
Second World War that range from very simple to more ornate
designs. They cover a wide range of local commercial enterprises,
from hydros and hotels, to architects, banks, builders, butchers,
chartered accountants, chemists, the Co-op, decorators, doctors,
estate agents, garages, a gas company, grocers, greengrocers,
hair preparations, insurance agents, jewellers, laundrys, manufacturing
(hosiery), masons, mills, opticians, plumbers, poulterers,
pubs, quarry owners, registrars, solicitors, surveyors, timber
merchants, undertakers, valuers and wine merchants. In other
words, everything you would expect to find in a Derbyshire
country town and village at that time.
There are estimates, invoices, letters, memos, notes, receipts
and statements, although only the letter heading is shown here.
Amongst the collection are also three unused cheques, a shopping
reminder and a returns list for bottles. The full sheet has been
provided in a few instances, but the body is blank.
The images are almost exclusively from Glynn Waite's collection,
with the exception of Matlock
1950-69 where they are all from the Maureen Smith' collection.
Some names, but not all, are listed in the on site Twentieth
Century Trade Directories
Also in the series are: Matlock A-D (this page) | Matlock
E-H | Matlock
I-M | Matlock
N-R | Matlock
S-T | Matlock
U-W |
Matlock 1950-69 |
Matlock Bath |
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On this page:
A | B | C | D
Allen | Bailey (2) | Ballington | Beddington | Boden | Bonsall
UDC | Bowler | British Butchers
Brooke Taylor | Chamberlain | Chapel en le Frith Gas Co (3)
Chapman (3) | Colledge | Crompton & Evans Bank | Crowder Johnson
| Crown Hotel
Dakin | Davidge | Derwent Mills (2) | Derwent Valley Co-op (3)
| Drabble | Duke of Wellington |
A |
Joseph Allen & Sons, 1939 - Motor and Carriage Proprietors
See: The Allen Family
of Dimple Farm
Joseph Allen and Sons
Garage, Crown Square |
B |
Henry Bailey, 1903 - Family and Dispensing Chemist.
The Bailey family were living at and working from Central
Buildings at
the time of the 1901 census |
Miss S. A. Bailey, 1900 - House & Estate Agent
In 1901 Sarah A Bailey, her mother and sister were living at
Kingsbridge House, Dale Road
She married Thomas William Chester a few years later |
George Ballington, 1920 - Joiner, Builder, Cabinet Maker and
Undertaker
He lived on Wellington Street (see, for example, the
1901 census entry) |
Ben B Beddington, 1942 - Builder and Contractor
Ben Beddington began his working life as a Stone Waller. See
the 1901
census |
George Boden (T. Boden, Proprietor), 1923 - Stone Merchant and
Quarry Owner.
Established 1874
See Stone Quarrying |
Monumental Masons, St. Giles' Church |
Urban District Council of Bonsall, 1904
C. Granville Heny was a Matlock Solicitor and acted as Clerk
for Bonsall UDC
There are more Letterheadings for Heny |
Walter Bowler & Son, 1939 - Joiners, Builders, Undertakers |
British Butchers, Limited, no date (Wm. Jaffrey, secretary)
British Butchers had premises at 2 Crown Buildings and on Smedley
Street as well as in two
locations in Matlock Bath in the 1920s. The company was wound
up in 1927 and the shops
were taken over by the London Central Meat Company. |
Brooke Taylor & Co., 1925 - Solicitors |
C |
Wm. Chamberlain, 1903 - Auctioneer, Valuer, Estate Agent and
Accountant
The Chamberlains moved to Matlock from Shottle in the late 1890s. |
Chapel-en-le-Frith, Chinley & District Gas Co., Limited, 1911.
Robert Hall of Matlock was the Secretary and their Registered
Office was on Dale Road. |
Chapel-en-le-Frith, Chinley & District Gas Co., Limited,
1911.
Slightly different Stationery from the same year. |
Chapel, Whaley & District Gas Company,
1919.
The company name had changed slightly, but they still used Robert
Hall's services |
Frederick Mark Chapman,1918 - House & Estate Agent & Valuer
He was initially a Draper in Scarthin |
F. M. Chapman,1919 - House & Estate Agent & Valuer |
F. M. Chapman,1921 - House & Estate Agent & Valuer |
Charles Colledge, 1903 - Art Needlework, Wools, Books, Stationery,
&c.
Colledge took many photographs of Matlock and District. See Photographers |
Crompton & Evans Union Bank Limited, 1913
The bank was wound up in 1921. |
T. Crowder Johnson, Midsummer 1093 - Hand-Made Hosiery.
See more about Crowder Johnson |
Crown Hotel, Matlock, no date but possibly about 1910
An advertisement for the hotel from
1910 uses the same font |
D |
W. Dakin & Son, no date - Monumental and Architectural
Sculptors
William and Philip Dakin were living in Matlock at the time of
the 1901 census
See: Monumental
Masons, St. Giles' Church |
Mrs. R. W. Davidge, no date - Florist and Fruiterer
Eliza A Davidge was on dale Road in the 1901 census |
Derwent Mills Ltd., 1931.
Mr. F. Broome began the business in the Victoria Hall
after World War One.
In March 1931 the Derby Daily Telegraph reported that the business
had been sold to
Messrs. Paton and Baldwin having, some 18 months before, already
purchased
Richard Farnsworth & Co, Bleachers and Dyers, of Lumsdale.
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Derwent Mills Ltd., 1931 - Spinners & Manufacturers.
Although the headed paper doesn't say so, the firm was known
as Messrs. Paton
and Baldwin, Matlock Mills after the sale. It had offices
in London and New York.
F.
Broome remained as Managing Director. |
The Derwent Valley Co-Operative Society Ltd., 1920
[Registered Office]
Also see the letterheads
for the Industrial & Provident Society
Ltd., which preceded the Co-Op |
The Derwent Valley Co-Operative Society Ltd., 1921
Registered Office and Central Stores |
The Derwent Valley Co-Operative Society Ltd., 1935
Registered Office and Central Stores |
Frederick H. Drabble & Sons Limited - 1935
Frederick H Drabble was working for his
father in the timber trade in 1871.
He and his family lived on Chesterfield Road. See the
1891 census | the
1901 census.
Also see Lumsdale (background
info).
Drabble's Mill closed in July 1999.
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The Duke of Wellington, 1931 - Proprietor: John F. Johnson
The first time the pub's name occurs in census returns is in
the 1871 census.
It is also listed by name in Kelly's Directory, 1876
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All images © GW are in the collection of, provided by and © Glynn
Waite.
Intended for personal use only
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