The company was established in 1872 and based in Bridge Street, Witney. They were mainly mechanical and consulting engineers, taking on a job and then sending out requests for quotations to other firms. They acted as agents for companies such as Tangyes Ltd., engineers of Birmingham, and were also boiler makers, millwrights and brass founders and finishers. Daniel Young were eventually taken over by Buckingham Engineering (Witney) Ltd..
The records in this collection cover the years 1872 to 1969 and consist of ledgers, letter books, correspondence and contract files, order books, cash and bank books, invoices and receipts, and a few engineering drawings. There are also a few "non-company" records, such as papers of Witney Choral Society.
The documents were deposited in August 1976, as accession number 1294. A list of contents in this catalogue appears on the following page. Catalogued by Mark Priddey & Alison Scott, February 1993.
LIST OF CONTENTS
The various classes, together with their references and page numbers in the catalogue, are as follows:
B2/F1 General Ledgers 1872-1957
B2/F2 Monthly Ledgers 1920-56
B2/F3 Chubb Ledgers 1904-65
B2/F4 Bank Account Books 1886-1950
B2/F5 Cash Books 1924-59
B2/F6 Price Lists 1890-1916
B2/F7 Invoices 1935-6, 1947-62
B2/F8 Sales Invoices 1952-59
B2/F9 Receipts 1944-61
B2/A1 Order Books 1921-69
B2/A2 Advance Notes of Orders 1960-65
B2/A3 Time Made Ledgers 1948-53, 1958-64
B2/A4 Stock Sheets 1952-57
B2/A5 Apprenticeship Agreement Form n.d.
B2/C1 Letter Books 1893-1950
B2/C2 Correspondence Files 1903-17
B2/C3 Contract Files 1896-1969
B2/Y Engineering Drawings n.d.
B2/X1 Witney Choral Society papers 1907-21
B2/X2 Bampton East Petty Sessions' War Relief Fund Sub-Committee Minute Book 1914-15