Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/121 - HOLTZAPFFEL AND COMPANY

31 production units.

GB 0074 CLC/B/121 1794-1928 Collection 31 production units. Holtzapffel and Co , manufacturers of lathes, edge tools and cutlery

This firm of turners and manufacturers of lathes, edge tools and cutlery was founded by John Jacob Holtzapffel (born Strasbourg, 1768) shortly after his arrival in England in 1792. It was known (1804-25) as Holtzapffel and Deyerlein, and (from 1825) as Holtzapffel and Company. By 1799, if not earlier, J. J. Holtzapffel was working in Long Acre in the parish of St Martin in the Fields. Additional premises at Charing Cross were occupied from c 1811. For much of the 19th century Holtzapffel's shop was at Charing Cross, and the manufactory at Long Acre. The manufactory moved to Regent's Park in 1898. Holtzapffel and Company ceased trading in 1938.

The register of lathes was deposited in the Library by the Turners' Company in 1955/6. Mss 21515-32 were deposited in the Library in 1985, and Ms 21533 was purchased from Stride's of Chichester in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the business of Holtzapffel and Company, 1794-1928, together with some personal papers of members of the Holtzapffel family, 1788-1847, and of Johann Georg Deyerlein (J. J. Holtzapffel's partner), 1786-9. The archive comprises financial and property records, a pedigree of the family and notes about purchasers and susequent owners of the lathes including a register of lathes made by Holtzapffel and Co between 1798 and 1928.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

November 2010 to January 2011. Congreve , Sir , William , 1772-1828 , second baronet , rocket designer Mechanical equipment Trade (practice) Cutlery trade Industry Information sources Manufacturing industry Business records Documents People People by occupation Personnel Industrial personnel Manufacturers Manufactured goods Kitchenware Cutlery Holtzapffel and Co , manufacturers of lathes , edge tools and cutlery Charing Cross City of Westminster London England UK Western Europe Europe Long Acre Westminster

The register of lathes was deposited in the Library by the Turners' Company in 1955/6. Mss 21515-32 were deposited in the Library in 1985, and Ms 21533 was purchased from Stride's of Chichester in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the business of Holtzapffel and Company, 1794-1928, together with some personal papers of members of the Holtzapffel family, 1788-1847, and of Johann Georg Deyerlein (J. J. Holtzapffel's partner), 1786-9. The archive comprises financial and property records, a pedigree of the family and notes about purchasers and susequent owners of the lathes including a register of lathes made by Holtzapffel and Co between 1798 and 1928.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

• anglais

• latin

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais