The English Provincial Trade - Yorkshire (Not Sheffield or York)

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KABERRY KETTLEWELL

74, Briggate, Leeds



Karberry Kettlewell - Leeds - 1845


Recorded as John & Karberry Kettlewell, Silversmiths, Jewellers and Watchmakers, 157, Briggate, Leeds, in A General and Commercial Directory of the Borough of Leeds - 1839


COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS

The following Prisoners, whose Estates and Effects have been vested in the Provisional Assignee by Order of the Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and whose Petitions and Schedules, duly filed, have been severally referred and transmitted to the County Courts hereinafter mentioned, pursuant to the Statute in that behalf, are ordered to be brought up before the Judges of the said Courts respectively, as herein set forth, to be dealt with according to Law :

Before the Judge of the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at York Castle, York, on Thursday the 17th day of May 1849, at half past Three o’Clock in the Afternoon.

Kaberry Kettlewell, late of Chapeltown, near Leeds, Yorkshire, out of business, previously of No. 74, Briggate, J.eeds, and also of Headingley, near Leeds aforesaid, Jeweller, silversmith and Watchmaker, occasionally Clerk and Book Agent and Book-keeper.

Source: The London Gazette - 1st May 1849

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JOHN & KABERRY KETTLEWELL

157, Briggate, Leeds



John & Karberry Kettlewell - Leeds - 1839


John Kettlewell was born in 1805 and died on the 20th November 1875. He was recorded as a Watch and Clock Maker at Market Place, Ripon in Pigot's Directory - 1834, and by 1837 as a Gold & Silversmith at 157, Briggate, Leeds (White's Directory). He was the brother of Kaberry Kettlewell and in partnership with him by 1840.

John Kettlewell married Jane Buck (d.1895, aged 83 years) at Leyburn, North Yorkshire, in 1840. The couple had three daughters, Fanny Alicia, Anne Elizabeth, and Emma, and one son, Charles Buck Kettlewell.

The partnership between John Kettlewell and Kaberry Kettlewell had ceased in 1843, with John Kettlewell working alone at 157, Briggate, Leeds and Kaberry Kettlewell also working alone at 74, Briggate, Leeds, as recorded in Williams's Directory of the Borough of Leeds - 1845

Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us John Kettlewell and Kaberry Kettlewell, as Silversmiths, Jewellers, and Watch Makers, at Leeds, in the county of York, under the firm of John and Kaberry Kettlewell, was this day dissolved by mutual consent; and all debts due to and owing by the said copartnership will be received and paid by the said John Kettlewell, who will henceforth carry on the said trade on his own account: As witness our hands this 21st day of July 1843.
John Kettlewell.
Kaberry Kettlewell.

Source: The London Gazette - 25th July 1843

John Kettlewell's business at 157, Briggate, Leeds continued until 1856. Following the closure of the business, John Kettlwell started again as a Watchmaker and Jeweller at 38, Commercial Street, Leeds.

In Porter's Directory of 1872 he is recorded as a Watchmaker and Jeweller of 38, Commercial Street, Leeds, also as John Kettlewell & Son, Insurance Agents at same address.

In 1875, the year of his death, he was recorded in White's Directory as John Kettlewell & Son, 38, Commercial Street - Insurance Agents for Liverpool & London Globe, Railway Passenger's Accident, Wesleyan Methodist Trust Assurance Company & Marine Insurance Brokers.

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GEORGE J. WATSON

30, Bridge End South, Leeds



George J. Watson - Leeds - 1845

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JOHN DYSON - DYSON & SONS

Mill Hill, later, The Calls, later, 24, 25, 26, Briggate, Leeds and Westgate, later, 13, Cross Square, Wakefield



Dyson & Sons - Leeds - 1908


John Dyson (1845-1916) established his business in 1865, he later opened up his splendid premises, 'Time Ball Buildings', 24, 25, 26, Briggate, Leeds. The family sold the business in 1970 and the premises closed in 1990. The shop-front, including it's huge clock still remains as a landmark in Leeds and is now of the Marriott Hotel.



John Dyson married Lucy Anne Hobson in 1872, they had four children.

John Dyson was elected Chairman of The National Association of Goldsmiths in 1907.

The partners in Dyson & Sons in 1901 were noted as John Dyson, John P. Dyson and Charles Frederick Dyson, and in 1916 as John P. Dyson and Charles Frederick Dyson.

Dyson & Sons entered their marks, 'JD/&S', contained within an heraldic shield, with the Chester Assay Office on the 1st October 1901 and 5th December 1916.

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A.E. SHACKLETON

Kirkgate Buildings, Huddersfield



A.E. Shackleton - Huddersfield - 1937


Surprise visitor to the Benoni (South Africa) factory of David Brown Precision Equipment (Pty.) Ltd. a few weeks ago was Mr. A. E. Shackleton, well known in Huddersfield as head of A. E. Shackleton Ltd. At the present time, Mr. Shackleton is combining business and pleasure in an extensive tour of the Union, the Rhodesias and East African territories.

His genial and breezy disposition soon made him at home at the David Brown works, and Mr. A. Brindle writes that during the day he spent with
them "he brought a nostalgic breath of Yorkshire countryside, particularly for the ex-Huddersfield members".

Source: Newsletter - The David Brown Corporation Ltd. - April 1954



Name of Company: A. E. SHACKLETON LIMITED.
Nature of Business: JEWELLERS and FANCY GOODS MERCHANTS.
Address of Registered Office: 35 Westgate, Huddersfield.
Liquidator's Name and Address: Richard Garsed Warrington, 35 Westgate, Huddersfield.
Date of Appointment: 4th August 1972.
By whom Appointed: Members.

A. E. SHACKLETON LIMITED

At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above named Company, duly convened, and held at 46 Richmond Hill Court, Richmond Hill, Surrey, on the 4th August, 1972, the following Special Resolution was duly passed. " That the Company be wound up voluntarily, and that Richard Garsed Warrington of 35 Westgate, Huddersfield be and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purposes of such winding-up."
A. E. Shackleton, Chairman.

Source: The London Gazette - 10th August 1972

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GABRIEL DAVIS

20, later, 24, Boar Lane, Leeds and Sadler Street, Durham



G. Davis - Leeds - 1839


G. Davis - Leeds - 1845


G. Davis - Leeds - 1847

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ANDREW KING

2, Mytongate and 62, Market Place, Hull



Andrew King - Hull - 1888

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GILDER & SON

Hull


ROBBERIES AT HULL

Two mysterious cases of shop breaking have occurred in Hull. On Thursday morning a round piece was cut out of a shutter lined with iron at Messrs Gilder and Son, jewellers. The plate-glass window was broken, and a large quantity of valuables worth £300 were stolen. The other robbery took place on the premises of Mr Hobley, keeper of the branch post-office. The entry was skilful and noiselessly effected from the rear of the premises, and £100 was taken from the cash box.

Source: South Wales Daily News - 24th October 1879

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JAMES JOY

15, Commercial Street, Brighouse


A DAYLIGHT ROBBER

This morning in broad daylight a, man hurled a heavy stone through the iron shutters of the shop of Mr. James Joy, at Brighouse, the leading jeweller in the town. The man then, seizing a handful of gold chains, made off. The police hotly pursued the thief, but he escaped. The jewellery was not inured.

Source: Evening Express and Evening Mail - 24th May 1905

Noted as bankrupt in 1910.

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F. WEBLEY

Church Street, Settle



F. Webley - Settle - 1882

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BENJAMIN PULLAN

Briggate, Leeds



Benjamin Pullan - Leeds - 1773

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HARRIS STONE

Leeds


Colliers and Watches

At the Holywell County Court on Tuesday several judgment summonses came before Judge Moss. Harris Stone, a Leeds jeweller, sueing a dozen people (colliers from Bagillt) for payment for watches. The defendants pleaded poverty, and stated plaintiff's representative (a man named Cohen) had forced the watches on to them. His honour was inclined to this belief, and only made small orders in each case, refusing to allow Cohen his costs.

Source: The Prestatyn Weekly - 15th June 1907

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ABRAHAM LEVINE

Leeds


Jeweller Murdered: Two Held

LONDON, Nov. 18. - Police are holding two young men for questioning over the murder yesterday of Leeds jeweller, Abraham Levine. Police detained the men at Southport, Lancashire.

Two men walked into Levine's shop yesterday and drew their guns. Levine grappled with them. They clubbed and shot him and then rushed out of the shop, firing wildly at bystanders. Nobody was hit.

Levine died last night, but managed to whisper a description of the killers. The Chief Constable of Leeds, Mr. J. W. Barnett, last night ordered 900 police to get the men at all costs and to "shoot it out if necessary." Police have taken nearly 500 statements, combed every inch of the likely districts, and screened all passengers leaving Leeds in buses and trains.

The killing follows the theft from a Leeds gunsmith at the week-end of seven guns and 2,000 rounds of ammunition.

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald - 19th November 1949

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WILLIAM LOCKWOOD

Huddersfield


THE DARING JEWELLERY ROBBERY AT HUDDERSFIELD

On Friday the prisoner, Anthony Hopkins, 26 years old, described as a labourer, of no fixed residence, was brought before the borough magistrates at Huddersfield, charged with having broken into the shop of Mr. William Lockwood, silversmith, and stolen jewellery, consisting of a considerable variety of articles, of the total value of £1100. The main facts of the robbery have appeared. Next evening, from information received, Police-constable Greenwood went in plain clothes to Spivey's dram-shop, in King street, and there found the prisoner, who made very little resistance. He wanted to know what he was being taken for, and on the way to the station he remarked that he had been properly caught, and he did not care. He threw a handful of gold chains on the ground, and they were picked up by the people who were following. After the man had been searched in the police office, he created quite a consternation by suddenly extending his right arm, and exclaiming, "And now you ——, the lives of all of you." It was thought he was armed with a revolver, for he had only then been partly searched; one officer ducked behind the counter; a second stood motion-less as though transfixed; and there was a regular stampede of officers and general public from the office into the street. When the office was pretty well cleared, the prisoner retired into a corner and laughed heartily at the joke he had played, for which he was gently tapped by one of the officers, and then removed to the cells. The total value of the property recovered - that is, found on the roof and in the prisoner's possession is £1100, and it consists of gold lockets, brooches, bracelets and ear-rings, scarf-pins, eye-glasses, 39 oz. of old gold, gold spectacles, neck-lets, seals, pencil-cases, and a large quantity of other articles, both gold and silver. The prisoner had nothing to say in defence, and he was committed to the sessions for trial.

Source: Monmouthshire Merlin - 20th February 1874

See: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=52971&p=192088#p192088

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JAMES R. OGDEN & SONS Ltd.

Cambridge Street, later, 38-40, James Street, Harrogate and 41 & 42, Duke Street, Piccadilly, London, also Bath, Llandrindod Wells, Scarborough and York



Ogdens - Harrogate and London - 1927


James R. Ogden & Sons Limited - Harrogate and London - c.1930


An example of the work and mark of James R. Ogden & Sons Ltd.:






JRO&Sns/Ltd - Birmingham - 1938

The business of James Roberts Ogden was established in 1893 and continues today.

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JOHN HARLAND

Scale Lane, Hull


Noted as a Clock and Watchmaker, who issued a medal in commemoration of the peace and of the end of the war in December 1813.

John Harland was married to Mary, daughter of John Breasley of Selby.

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DANIEL MULLARKY

13, Manchester Road, Bradford


ARRANGEMENTS WITH CREDITORS

Daniel Mullarky, Jeweller and Dealer in Furniture, Mangles, and Prams, 13, Manchester Road, Bradford.

The above came up for public examination last month, and in answer to the Official Receiver, the debtor said up to October, 1894, he was manager for a firm of jewellers in Bradford. He then began business on his own account as a jeweller and silversmith at 13, Manchester Road, Bradford, having £150 capital. The business was at first successful, and he had a turnover of about £1,000 per annum, which increased year by year. The gross profits varied from thirty to 100 per cent, on the turnover. In 1897 he extended his business by taking the shops 20 and 21, Manchester Road, Bradford, and in 1901 he took a warehouse at 12, Fawcett Court, Bradford, and began to sell furniture and household requisites on the hire purchase system. In the same year he began selling jewellery on the instalment system. The goods were sold through agents, the terms being ten per cent, deposit and ten per cent, per month afterwards. The debts outstanding on that business was very heavy. He had returned his book debts at £2,119, of which £604 were doubtful and £1,039 absolutely bad. Most of the debts were in connection with the instalment branch of the business. People did not pay as they ought to have done, and there were a great many defaulters. In the first year the turnover of the instalment branch was £7,000, but it had since declined to half that amount. In order to meet the claims of creditors he had pawned certain portions of his stock-in-trade, and had otherwise disposed of goods at less than cost price. This had been going on for nearly two years, and had resulted in a loss of probably £500. In February, 1904, he gave up the shops 20 and 21, Manchester Road, Bradford, and in June of this year he discontinued the furniture business. During the last two years he had been frequently sued by creditors, and had paid out executions by selling and pawning jewellery at less than cost price. Questioned as to his indebtedness to a creditor who had proved for over £600 the debtor said he did not owe this creditor more than £350. — In reply to Mr. A. V. Hammond, who appeared for a creditor, the debtor said that the debt last alluded to arose in connection with accommodation bill transactions. The bills were given, in many instances, to help the creditor concerned over his pay day. The creditor would give the debtor his own cheque, and in return the debtor would hand over bills for double the amount to be paid into the bank against the cheque. On the application of Mr. Lemon, representing the trustee, the examination was adjourned to the 4th October, and the debtor was ordered to furnish an account of the goods disposed of at less than cost.

Source: The Journal of Domestic Appliances - 1st September 1905

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A.C. DE JONG

Leeds


An example of the work of A.C. De Jong, a student at the Leeds School of Art:



This image is from 1916.

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ALICE SCOTT

Bradford


An example of the work of Alice Scott, a student at the Bradford School of Art:



This image is from 1916.

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A.E. BOAL

Leeds


An example of the work of A.E. Boal, a student at the Leeds School of Art:



This image is from 1916.

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