J & N Philips and Co Ltd, of Manchester, Upper Tean, Staffordshire, and London, manufacturers of textiles, tapes and smallwares.
1748-1968
Archives
Total copies: 1
Parent company:
Records including buyers meeting minutes, 1929-1939; ledgers, 1806-1922 (6 volumes); home sales figures, 1870-1894 and sales figures for Canada, 1860-1884; London accounts, 1887-1907; stock book, 1899-1912 and stock valuations, 1938-1939; miscellaneous accounts, 1938-1939; cashbooks, 1943-1963 (8 volumes); out-letter and order book, 1753-1769, with copy promissory notes, 1756-1957 ( volume relates mainly to tape manufactory at Tean); instructions to staff, 1854-1930; commercial traveller's diary, 1907 and yearly financial figures for named travellers, 1851-1911; deeds, correspondence, valuations, rentals, plans etc., relating to property owned by, and leased to, the firm, in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, 1748-1967; insurance details, 1916 and undated; papers relating to war damage to property in Manchester and elsewhere and requisitioning of premises by the Ministry of Works, 1941-1949.
Tean Mills, Staffordshire:
Records including account files, 1957-1963 (14 files); orders and working papers, 1963-1968; needle loom patents and related correspondence and papers, 1944-1951; papers relating to John Philips' charity for weavers employed at Tean, 1940-1950 (51 items).
Companies acquired by, or otherwise connected with, the firm:
James Chadwick and Brother Ltd, of Eagley Mills, near Bolton, cotton spinners and thread manufacturers: Business diary (of Robert Chadwick of Eagley), 1830, and notes on applicants for jobs, 1843-1850.
W Smith and Co, and J and N Philips, Bridge Mills (Witney) Ltd, of Witney, Oxfordshire, blanket manufacturers: Board minutes, 1926-1948; financial papers including balance sheets and accounts, 1925-1939; profit and loss accounts, 1939-1956; departmental production and cost records, 1947-1951; distribution of labour and overhead expenses, 1943-1951.
John Ormond Taylor, of Norland Factory, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, nightwear manufacturer: Agreements relating to nightdresses and pyjamas produced for J. and N. Philips and Co. Ltd., and the lease of machinery for this purpose, 1935-1942, with related correspondence, 1936-1950; profit and loss accounts and balance sheets, 1936-1940; financial papers concerning agreements and book values, 1941-1949, and machinery purchased, 1936-1937.
Isaac Thorpe and Sons Ltd., of Manchester, textile manufacturers and warehousemen:
Records including minutes, 1897-1904; articles of association, 1896-1908 and partnership, 1891-1896; share certificates and other share records, 1896-1920; correspondence, including papers relating to proposed sale of company, 1910-1911 and its sale to J. and N. Philips, 1920-1922; estimates of assets and liabilities, 1914-1944; bank books, 1911-1921; deeds, valuations, sale particulars, plans and other papers relating to properties in Manchester, 1865-1922, including the erection of new warehouses, 1908-1917.
Related Material:John Leigh Philips and family, papers 1792-1967 (GB127.M84 ) held at Manchester Archives and Local Studies.
Place:Manchester/Manchester/Manchester/Lancashire/England
London/Middlesex/England
Title:
J & N Philips and Co Ltd, of Manchester, Upper Tean, Staffordshire, and London, manufacturers of textiles, tapes and smallwares.
Date of work:
1748-1968
Reference number:
GB127.M97
Level of description:
Fonds
Includes:
Custodial history:
The firm was established in 1747, in Tean, Staffordshire, by John and Nathaniel Philips, who were later joined by their brother Thomas Philips. The family went on to establish smallware weaving concerns at Radcliffe and Whitefield, near Bury, and set up two smallware firms in Manchester, under the names of John and Nathaniel Philips and Nathaniel and Faulkner Philips, and a hatting business under the name of Thomas and Nathaniel Philips. The main Manchester firm of J and N Philips became a nationwide merchanting and manufacturing enterprise. A London warehouse was opened in 1914. The firm became a private limited company in 1915 and a public limited company in 1919. During the Second World War part of the firm's Manchester premises were requisitioned as a site for the censorship of mail of British prisoners of war. The company closed down in 1970.
The company had connections with a number of other firms. They acquired an interest in James Chadwick and Brother, of Eagley Mills, near Bolton, cotton spinners and thread makers, in 1830. In 1921 they purchased the business of Isaac Thorpe and Sons Ltd, of Manchester, textile manufacturers and warehousemen. A large interest in W Smith and Co, Witney Ltd, of Witney, Oxfordshire, blanket manufacturers, was acquired in 1926. The company also had business connections with John Ormand Taylor, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire, nightwear manufacturer.
Source:
These records were deposited in the Library in May 1970 by Philips, Brocklehurst Ltd of Macclesfield, with the exception of M97/3 which deposited in October 1950
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
Topics:
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7189197