Title
THE WANTAGE ENGINEERING CO LTD
Reference
TR WAN
Production date
1882-1980
Creator
Creator History
The firm that was to become the Wantage Engineering Company Ltd was established on 28th July 1847. It had several names, P & H P Gibbons, Gibbons & Robinson, Robinson & Auden Ltd before the name was changed to the Wantage Engineering Co Ltd at the turn of the century. It was located in the White Horse Vale and became well known as a manufacturer of steam-driven and horse-drawn agricultural machinery. By the 1900's the firm reputation was world wide and it had won awards for its steam engines and thrashing machines
Scope and Content
Records of Wantage Engineering Company Ltd.
Extent
279 Documents
Level of description
fonds
Content Subject
System of arrangment
TR WAN/AC1/1-8 Ledgers
TR WAN/AC2/1-10 Cash Books
TR WAN/AC3/1-11 Day Books
TR WAN/AC4/1-6 Journals and Books of Original Entry
TR WAN/AC5/1-98 Cost Accounts
TR WAN/AC9/1-7 Invoices and Accounting Papers
TR WAN/AD2/1 Customer List
TR WAN/AD3/1-6 Labour Records
TR WAN/AD4/1 Premises Records
TR WAN/AD5/1-16 Materials Records
TR WAN/AD7/1-2 Commercial Records
TR WAN/CO2/1-12 Limited Company Records
TR WAN/CO3/1-46 External Agreements
TR WAN/CO4/1-14 Property Records
TR WAN/CO5/1-9 Patenting Records
TR WAN/MP1/1 Registers and Lists of Production
TR WAN/MP2/1-6 Manufacturing Working Papers and Details
TR WAN/MP3/1-12 Parts, Repairs and Outworks Records
TR WAN/P2/A1-4 Advertising and Servicing Publications
TR WAN/P4/A1 House Journals
TR WAN/SP4/1 Personal Records
Related objects
TR DX1938/1