Matlock:
Letterheads of Local Businesses, 1900-1949 (2) |
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 | Matlock E-H (this page)
| Matlock I-M | Matlock
N-R | Matlock
S-T | Matlock
U-W
Matlock 1950-69 |
Matlock Bath |
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On this page:
E | F | G | H
Edge Bros | Else (3) | Evans (3) | Farmer | Fisher | Gill | Goodwin
| Greatorex | Greaves
Gregory | Hadfield | Hall (3) | Hall & Co (3) | Heather Laundry
| Heny & Heny (2)
Joseph Hodgkinson (later Hodgkinson & Son) (5) | Hopkinson
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E |
Edge Bros., 1925 - Fruit and Potato Merchants
Member of the National Federation of Fruit and Potato Trades
Associations.
The Edge Brothers were a family firm, starting out as greengrocers
on
Lime Tree Hill (see the 1901
census) |
Charles James Else, 1940 - Painter & Decorator
The company had been awarded contracts by the War Department
and Railway Companies |
George Nuttall Else, 1904 - Assistant Overseer and Collector
to the
Matlock UDC. He was based in the Town Hall.
See the 1891 census | Kelly's
1891 Directory | Kelly's
1895 Directory | Kelly's
Directory 1899 |
the
1901 census |son
on Matlock War Memorial | MI |
Else & Son, 1909 - Auction & Estate Agents and Insurance
Agent.
John Else was listed in the
1871 census.
He was involved in the Great Matlock Will Case (see court
report | article).
Alfred Charles Else: Kelly's
1891 Directory |
the 1891
census (still living with parents) |
E. Evans, 1939 - Plumber, Gas and Hot Water Engineer |
W. Evans & Son, 1920 - Watchmakers, Jewellers & Silversmiths.
He had also become a Freeman of the City of London.
There is more about the shop, "The Projecting Clock",
on Dale
Road, Matlock (1909)
and a second picture is on Matlock:
Dale Road, About 1904 |
W. Evans & Son, 1939 - Jewellers, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths
Charles Walter Evans had taken over the family business. |
F |
Farmer Bros., 1939 - motor garage.
Their Wellington Street Garage was established by 1925 (Kelly's
Directory). |
William Sealy Fisher, no date - Registrar & Acting High Bailiff
His office was on Dale Road in Kelly's
1891 Directory / Officials
(1891) |
G |
Frederick William Gill, 1913 - Solicitor
He was also the Clerk to Matlock Bath Urban District Council
and had offices in
Hunter's Buildings on Dale Road |
James Henry Goodwin, 1926 - Chartered Accountant
See Rockside, 1925-35 | Rock
Cafe Letterheads |
Greatorex & Son, 1928 - Limestone Quarries & Tarmacadam
Manufacturers.
See Stone Quarrying | Harvey Dale Mountain Limestone Quarry, Dale Road
Artists'
Corner from Pic Tor | The Quarry, Dale Road |
T. Greaves & Co. Ltd., 1947 - Furniture.
Thomas Greaves had started his furniture business in Clay Cross
about 1994.
The Bank Road store was listed in Kelly's 1941 Directory.
Haydn Stanley eventually bought
the business in 1982.
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Charles Gregory and Sons, 1937 - Timber Merchants |
H |
Kenneth Bramwell Hadfield, 1939 - Chemist & Optician.
This was a family business, originally James E Hadfield
on Dale Road.
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Robert Hall, 1903 - Incorporated Accountant, Insurance Agent
and Estate Agent.
See 1891 census | Kelly's
1891 Directory | Kelly's
1895 Directory | Wills Calendar |
Robert Hall, 1913 - Incorporated Accountant |
Hall & Co., 1903 - Plumbers Merchants, Heating Engineers,
Gas & Hot Water Fitters ...
Hall & Co. are first found in Kelly's 1899 Directory |
Hall & Co., 1929 - Plumbers Merchants, Heating Engineers, Gas
& Hot Water Fitters ...
See 1910 advertisement
In April 1967 the London Gazette announced a Meeting of Creditors prior to liquidation.
Hall & Co. had been in business on Dale Road for over 65 years. |
Hall & Co., 1939 - Plumbers Merchants, Heating Engineers,
Gas & Hot Water Fitters ... |
Hathersage & District Gas Company Limited, 1919
The registered office was on Dale Road, with Robert Hall (see
above) acting for them. |
The Heather Laundry, 1922 - Proprietress A. L. Atkinson [R.l.Jones,
crossed though]
The laundry used a former Chapel building. See Churches,
Other Places of Worship
(look under Wesleyan Chapel, Matlock Bridge / Kingdom Hall) |
Heny & Heny, 1903 - Solicitors
Alfred and Charles Granville Heny were father and son
(See Alfred in Kelly's
Directory, 1891 - Duffield elsewhere on
this site)
CGH moved to Matlock from Worcester between 1901 and the date
of this letter.
He also acted as Clerk to Bonsall UDC |
Heny & Heny, 1921 - Solicitors
Alfred Heny died on 9 April 1918 (with thanks to Cheryl Giacchetti
for the date).
The Duffield practice was no
longer mentioned. |
Joseph Hodgkinson, 1903 - Auctioneer & Valuer
His parents were Lindsey and Mary Hodgkinson of Holt Lane
Joseph was living at Holt House in 1901
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Joseph Hodgkinson, 1903 - Auctioneer & Valuer |
Joseph Hodgkinson, 1913 - Auctioneer & Valuer |
Joseph Hodgkinson & Son, 1921 - Auctioneers, Valuers, Land &
Estate Agents
Joseph died in 1923. See Wills Calendar |
Hodgkinson & Son, 1928 - Auctioneers, Valuers, Land &
Estate Agents |
Frank Hopkinson, 1917 - Slater & Builder
He first advertised in Kelly's
Directory, 1891
He was living on New Street in the
1881 census | the
1891 census | the
1901 census |
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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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