Lot
152
Lot 152
Documents & Ephemera - Staffordshire. 1870-early 20th c...
Hammer
£100
Documents & Ephemera - Staffordshire. 1870-early 20th century. Archive relating to Henry Warrington & Son & his Berry Hill Colliery & Brickworks. Correspondence, agreements, plans, ephemeral items, reports, items from Park Hill Colliery, Cheadle, etc. (H. Warrington & Sons works at Berry Hill, Fenton, Stoke on Trent, is recorded in Kelly's T. D. from 1896 to 1908 editions. Henry was born 1838 in Cheadle & left school at the age of 13 in 1851 to work for William Bowers who operated Berry Hill Colliery. An associated brick works had been established by 1870. Henry worked his way up the company eventually succeeding Bowers as the owner of the business some time not long after Bower's death in 1880. The business also included an iron works at Berry Hill but the forges closed around 1900. Henry Warrington employed 1,000 men, farmed 400 acres & lived at Fenton Manor House).
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