Matlock:
Letterheads of Local Businesses, 1900-1949 (6) |
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 | Matlock
I-M | Matlock
N-R | Matlock
S-T | Matlock U-W (this page)
Matlock 1950-69 | Matlock
Bath |
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On this page:
U | W
Urban District Council (2) | Walker
| Wall (5) | Ward (2) | Welch | Westminster Bank (4)
Wheatcroft
(3) | Wheeldon | Wildgoose (5) | Williams | William's Deacons
(4) | Wigley (2)
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U |
Matlock Urban District Council, 1914.
Richard Taylor, Clerk.
Mr. Taylor was living in
Matlock Town in 1901. By 1911 he was widowed
but still living
at the King's Head with his mother-in-law. |
Matlock Urban District Council, 1921.
Richard Taylor, Clerk. |
W |
Arthur Walker, 1938.
Arthur Walker was a surveyor and secretary to Whitworth Hospital
(Kelly's Directory 1941) |
John Tom Wall, 1905 - Undertaker and General House Furnisher.
See the 1881 census | 1891
census | Kelly's 1891
Directory | 1901
census |
J. T. Wall, 1906 - Undertaker and General House Furnisher.
A memo |
J. T. Wall, 191- - Undertaker |
J. T. Wall, 1913 - Undertaker and General House Furnisher. |
J. T. Wall & Sons, 1939 - Undertaker & Funeral Directors.
John Tom Wall had died in 1932 but the business continued. |
George Frederic Ward, 1903 - Tailor and Outfitter
See the 1891 census | 1901
census
He was still advertising in 1925 |
G. F. Ward, 1903 - Ladies & Gentlemen's Tailor and Outfitter |
Welch & Co., 1910 - Family Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants.
Established nearly half a century - see John Wm Welch in 1901
The shop was still on Matlock Green in 1912. |
Westminster Bank Limited, 1927.
This includes the crest for the National Scheme for Disabled
Men.
The bank would have undertaken to employ a number of disabled men in the
aftermath of the First World War (also see
Matlock Bath).
See: Dale Road & Marsdens, 1928 & Early
1950s |
Westminster Bank Limited, 1928.
Charles Wm. Waghorn was the Manager in 1925 and 1932. |
Westminster Bank Limited, 1939.
Herbert Wright Smith was the Manager in 1941. |
Westminster Bank Limited, blank cheque. |
Noel [Leonard Rawson] Wheatcroft, 1924 - Auctioneer, Valuer and
Estate Agent.
The business had opened the previous year.
A. A. I. = Accredited adviser in insurance. |
Noel Wheatcroft, 1926 - Auctioneer, Valuer and
Estate Agent. |
Noel Wheatcroft, 1928 - Auctioneer, Valuer and Estate Agent. |
Noel Wheatcroft, 1933 - Auctioneer, Valuer and Estate Agent.
The firm now had a branch at Tideswell. |
John Jas Wheeldon, 1903 - Family Butcher.
He was still at the Wellington Street premises in 1916 (Kelly's
Directory).
In the 1901 census John
James was working for his father at the
Bank Road butcher's shop. |
D. M. Wildgoose, 1920 - Architect
He had first worked as a stone mason.
See: Primitive Methodist
Prize Choir | 1881 census [sic,
David] | 1891 census | 1901
census |
Davis Mark Wildgoose, 1926 - Architect |
John Wildgoose & Son, Florists and Fruit Salesman.
See Matlock: J. Wildgoose, Florist and Fruiterer |
John William Wildgoose & Sons Limited, 1934 - Builders &
Contractors.
The Matlock building firm founded by John William Wildgoose who
died in 1923.
See: Primitive Methodist
Prize Choir
1871 census | 1881
census | 1891 census | 1901
census
Kelly's Directories of 1899 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916
In 1934 the directors were shown as Lawrence William Wildgoose,
Horace E Wildgoose
and Herbert M Farnsworth. |
John William Wildgoose & Sons Limited, 1936 - Builders &
Contractors. |
William Evans Williams, 1932 - Ladies & Gents Tailor
Kelly's Directory of the same year shows him as an outfitter
on Causeway Lane.
In 1925 he was shown as a tailor, living at
2 Kingsbridge Terrace |
Williams Deacon's Bank Limited, 1907.
A memo.
The bank had formerly been the Sheffield and Rotherham Joint
Stock Banking Company Ltd.
See: Matlock Bridge:
Bank House, formerly Riversdale House, about 1902 |
Williams Deacon's Bank Limited, 1926
A memo |
Williams Deacon's Bank Limited, 1933.
The headed notepaper was still mentioning the Sheffield and Rotherham
Bank. |
Williams Deacon's Bank Limited. Undated cheque |
W & A Wrigley, 1904 - Bakers and Confectioners, with dining and
refreshment rooms.
A Memorandum.
In 1925 William Wrigley was still advertising. Also see him in
the 1901 census |
Wrigley's, 1932 - Bakers and Confectioners (Proprietor G. L.
Johnson)
A Memorandum |
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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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