File FAI/1/1 - Correspondence

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FAI/1/1

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Correspondence

Date(s)

  • 1892-1918 (Creation)

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File

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1 Envelope

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Name of creator

(18th Century-1848)

Administrative history

The first William Fairbank was a quaker and surveyor who with the help of his son made plans of estates in Derbyshire and Yorkshire. His two sons William and Josiah carried on the business and after that, Josiah and his son took over in 1833. After his son's death in 1848, the company was wound up.
The Fairbanks were involved in the construction of enclosures, railways, canals, roads and waterworks. They operated in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and even Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Cheshire, Lancashire and Staffordshire.

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Scope and content

Contains correspondence relating to the business, with much of it relating to a job building a concrete sea wall at Filey.

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Open

Material is available subject to the usual terms and conditions of access to Archives and Local History collections.

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Images are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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  • English

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    legacy

    Acc 627

    legacy

    Acc 627

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