Records of Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, minutes, Articles of Association, and titles

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Includes:

Minutes, 1774-1920;
Articles of Association, 1777-1960;
Directors' records, 1903-1955;
Legal papers and correspondence, 1778- 1898;
Branch managers' conference records, 1943-1967;
Visitor's books, 1938-1961;
Papers relating to the Birkmyre family including trademark and patent papers, as well as shipping share papers 1892-1903.

This description is part of the main Gourock Ropeworks collection which has been divided into the following sections:

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Related Material

For further records on property including later titles and leases, see GB 0248 UGD 042/13, Legal papers, which also includes papers relating to the reformation of the company, patents and trademarks, valuations, insurance, agreements, and disputes.

For further correspondence, see GB 0248 UGD 042/2, Letterbooks, and GB 0248 UGD 042/12, Company files.

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Collection catalogued by Jane Jamieson, Assistant Archivist, February 1998 (lower level descriptions) and Gemma Tougher, Assistant Archivist (Cataloguing) (subfonds level description). Converted to Encoded Archival Description by Emma Anthony, Assistant Archivist (Cataloguing) March 2012. Descriptions edited by Emma Anthony, Business Archives Cataloguer, March 2012, and Gemma Tougher, Assistant Archivist (Cataloguing), April 2012 and June 2012.

Subjects

Community development,

Textile industry,

Corporate Names

Gourock Ropeworks Co, 1736-1903,

Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, 1903-2002,

New Lanark Mills, 1874-1903,

Geographical Names

New Lanark (Scotland)

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Records of Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, minutes, Articles of Association, and titlesUGD 042/1

MinutesUGD 042/1/1

Not allocatedUGD 042/1/2

Not allocatedUGD 042/1/3

Articles and Memorandum of Association and contracts of co-partneryUGD 042/1/4

Directors' and shareholder recordsUGD 042/1/5

Account of Messrs Campbell Lee and Co of the Gourock Ropeworks with John Campbell, writer in GreenockUGD 042/1/6

Assignation by Mathew Simpson and John Armour, weavers in Greenock of a tack from Sir John Stewart of Castlemilk to Alexander Brown and Co, dyers in Greenock of the Alley Mill with Shilling Hill with dam and lade to Campbells Lee and Co of the Gourock RopeworkUGD 042/1/7

Assignation of the late Alexander Brown's share of the tack of the Alleymiln from John Brown, his father, James Brown, his brother, and Ann Marshall, his widow, to John Armour and Co, manufacturers in GreenockUGD 042/1/8

Disposition and assignation by John Armour and Co to William Humphrey, manager of Campbells Lee and Co, on behalf of the Gourock RopeworksUGD 042/1/9

Notorial copy of factory and commission from John Cathcart, shipmaster in Greenock, to John Hamilton and Francis Garden, merchants in Greenock, for selling his share in Campbells Lee and Co of the Gourock RopeworkUGD 042/1/10

Disposition and assignation by James Wilson junior, merchant in Kilmarnock of his interest in Campbells Lee and Co and the land called the Cove Park occupied by the companyUGD 042/1/11

Notorial copy of disposition and assignation by John Campbell senior, merchant in Greenock, and Dugald Thomson, merchant in Glasgow, of their interests in Campbells Lee and Co to Neil Campbell senior and Duncan Campbell Glendaruel, merchants in GreenockUGD 042/1/12

Notorial copy of disposition and assignation by John Hamilton and Francis Garden to Hugh Moody, merchant in GreenockUGD 042/1/13

Tack between Duncan Darroch of Gourock and Campbells Lee and Co of house, yard, and lands at the Alleymiln possessed by William Miller, tenantUGD 042/1/14

Copy feu contract between William Hamilton of Wishaw and Andrew Troop, shipmaster in Port Glasgow, Henry Birkmyre, cotton manufacturer there and Hugh Moris, merchant in Glasgow ,of the lands of Barley Mill of Newark for their cotton workUGD 042/1/15

Opinion of counsel for Alexander Garden by James Moncrieff regarding articles of roupUGD 042/1/16

Account of Gourock ropeworks with Captain Robert Gillies of the Adventure to CalcuttaUGD 042/1/17

Letter from Thomas Forsyth to Archibald Baine enclosing extract from minutes about forming a new company and the shares allotted to each memberUGD 042/1/18

Letter from Thomas Forsyth to Archibald Baine giving his approval to the minutes of the last meeting of the partners of the Gourock Ropeworks resolving to continue the partnership for another yearUGD 042/1/19

Extract registered submission and decree arbitral between William Chapman , engineer in Newcastle and the Gourock Ropeworks Co. concerning infringement of Chapman's patent for manufacturing ropesUGD 042/1/20

Correspondence from James Fairrie and Co to William Johnstone of the Gourock Ropeworks concerning laying a pipe in their dam and taking water for the sugar houseUGD 042/1/21

Letter from Gourock Ropework Co to James Fairrie and Co allowing them to place a dam in their bleaching greenUGD 042/1/22

Letter from William Johnston to Archibald Baine regarding coming to an arrangement with his cousinUGD 042/1/23

Inventory of writs belonging to the Gourock Ropeworks CoUGD 042/1/24

Letter from Matthew Brown to Gourock Ropework Co acknowledging agreement for him to insert a pipe into their pondUGD 042/1/25

License from James Lang, flax dresser in Greenock, in favour of Messrs Martin and Co, cordage and sailcloth manufacturers in Greenock, of improvement on machinery patented to LangUGD 042/1/26

Letter from William Alexander to Archibald Bain regarding premises at Cross-shoreUGD 042/1/27

Memo from Messrs Muir Martin and Co regarding West Church and property they have sold to the Gourock RopeworksUGD 042/1/28

Bundle of titles relating to property in Plymouth includes deeds and mortgagesUGD 042/1/29

Account of Gourock Ropework Co with Alexander MacDowall, writer in Glasgow concerning the purchase of ground in Port Glasgow and disputesUGD 042/1/30

Inventory of the writs and title deeds of the lands of Barley Mill belonging to Gourock RopeworksUGD 042/1/31

Letter from Adam Birkmyre to Gourock Ropework Co referring to financial arrangements between his late wife, Margaret Birkmyre, and her father, John BirkmyreUGD 042/1/32

Inventory of the writs and titles to property in Port Glasgow belonging to Peter McFarlane, merchantUGD 042/1/33

Letter from George Stark, Bank of Scotland to the Gourock Ropeworks enclosing a bond for 10,000 pounds sterlingUGD 042/1/34

Letter from Matthew Brown to William Birkmyre thanking him for permission to lay a pipe to bring clean water down to his sugar house etcUGD 042/1/35

Papers relating to the dispute with Mr Brown over water rightsUGD 042/1/36

Account of Messrs Todd and Romanes to Archibald McKellar, writer in GreenockUGD 042/1/37

Indenture of farm in Nova Scotia to E D W Ratchford and certificate of registeryUGD 042/1/38

Feu missive by the Gourock Ropework Co from Sir Michael Shaw Stewart of 3 pieces of ground adjacent to their worksUGD 042/1/39

Draft lease between Sir Michael Shaw Stewart and the Gourock Ropework Co for ground in Port GlasgowUGD 042/1/40

Letters from Thomas King to David Johnstone about purchase of property in East BayUGD 042/1/41

Specifications of writings required in case against Pollock Gilmour and Co, timber merchants in Glasgow, concerning warehouses and property in Port GlasgowUGD 042/1/42

Particulars of feu duties on Newark Sugarhouses and statement by Mr King for Gourock RopeworksUGD 042/1/43

Agreement by the Gourock Ropeworks Co with Messrs Wolterick and Robertson offering them the agency for selling their sailcloth in Norway, Sweden and DenmarkUGD 042/1/44

Translation of power of attorney to James Renton as the Gourock Ropeworks' representaive in HamburgUGD 042/1/45

Agreement with the town council of Port Glasgow concerning alterations on the line of Robert StUGD 042/1/46

Offer by Gourock Ropework Co to James McWilliam, wine merchant in Glasgow, for the lease of his warehouse for 5 yearsUGD 042/1/47

Agreement with Captain Peter Bremer of Blaukeutre appointing him as salesman with the Gourock Ropeworks in HamburgUGD 042/1/48

Documents relating to purchase of Hamburg warehouse including accountsUGD 042/1/49

Correspondence with Thomas Ford and Co regarding lease of warehouse in CardiffUGD 042/1/50

Letter from Robert Dundas of the Caledonian Railway Co agreeing to alterations to a common wall at the ropeworks in Port GlasgowUGD 042/1/51

Underlease of front room on 1st floor of 15 Billiter St, London, from Duncan Wallet to Gourock RopeworksUGD 042/1/52

Correspondence etc with H B Donaldson and Co, Port Melbourne, Australia regarding ordersUGD 042/1/53

Printed deed of submission in causa David Edward Johnstone and the Gourock Ropeworks Co concerning money due to his late father as a partner in the companyUGD 042/1/54

Correspondence from Flora Landauer in Augsburg concerning a debt due by the Gourock Ropework Co to her deceased husbandUGD 042/1/55

ReceiptsUGD 042/1/56

Offer by John Shearer and Sons to lease shop in Govan to the Gourock Ropework CoUGD 042/1/57

Agreement with John Finlay, works manager of Birkmyre Bros, Seranopore, on his retirement from the firmUGD 042/1/58

Correspondence etc about Carl Baswitz and his patent for waterproofing, including copy of patentUGD 042/1/59

Power of attorney from the Directors of the Gourock Ropeworks Co to William Cuthbert as their agent in Capetown, South AfricaUGD 042/1/59a

Minute of agreement between Gourock ropework and Peter MacKinnon, sailmaker in London, concerning the purchase of MacKinnon and CoUGD 042/1/60

Branch Managers' ConferencesUGD 042/1/61

Port Glasgow visitors' booksUGD 042/1/62

Papers relating to the Birkmyre family including trademark and patent papers, as well as shipping share papersUGD 042/1/63