Jute Industries Limited: Valuation of Works

• Reference:GB 254 MS 66/10/13/1
• Dates of Creation:1931
• Name of Creator:
  Sidlaw Industries Ltd
• Physical Description:
  1 envelope

• Scope and Content

  The mills valued are: Heathfield Works and Belmont Works (Thomas Bell), Bowbridge Works and Maxwelltown Works (J. & A.D. Grimond Ltd), Caldrum Works and Angus Works (Harry Walker), Camperdown Works and Quarries and Meadow Place Buildings, Kidderminster (Cox Brothers), Manhattan Works (Stewart Sandeman), Tay Carpet Works and Tay Calender (Gilroy and Sons), Walton and Rashiewell Works (J.N. Kyd). Includes covering letter, 9 February 1933.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Jute Industries Ltd was formed as a result of the amalgamation of many of the Dundee jute companies including Cox Brothers (Camperdown Works), Gilroy and Sons (Tay Works) and J and A D Grimond (Bowbridge Works), and was registered as a limited company in England in 1920.
  It changed its name to Sidlaw Industries Ltd in 1971 and to Sidlaw Group plc in 1981. Over the years the company moved away from jute into other interests. As of 2020 the company is still registered as active and is based in Bristol.

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• Note

  Jute Industries Ltd was formed as a result of the amalgamation of many of the Dundee jute companies including Cox Brothers (Camperdown Works), Gilroy and Sons (Tay Works) and J and A D Grimond (Bowbridge Works), and was registered as a limited company in England in 1920.
  It changed its name to Sidlaw Industries Ltd in 1971 and to Sidlaw Group plc in 1981. Over the years the company moved away from jute into other interests. As of 2020 the company is still registered as active and is based in Bristol.

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• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Durham Burt

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• Subjects

  Urban environment