Account books of Jonathan Akroyd, a clothier of Lane Head in Ovenden, near Halifax
Account books of Jonathan Akroyd of Lane Head in Ovenden, near Halifax
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- ReferenceGB 206 MS 158
- Dates of Creationca. 1772-1802
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description5 vols
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Jonathan Akroyd, a clothier, was in partnership until ca. 1782 with his younger brother James, the founder of James Akroyd and Sons, of Halifax, stuff manufacturers, worsted spinners and merchants
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Acquisition Information
Presented by T.W. Hanson, 1960
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
Described in Patricia Hudson, The West Riding wool textile industry: a catalogue of business records from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, 1975
Bibliography
T.W. Hanson, "Jonathan Ackroyd's Account Books", Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society, 1939, pp. 127-55, offprints of which are kept with the account books