Gwent Archives
Thomas Edwards & Co., Furnishers records
1902-1979
GB0218.D3917
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biographical/Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Arrangement note
- Administrative Information
- Controlled Access Headings
- Other Finding Aids note
- Collection Inventory
- Administration
- Finance
- Correspondence
- Records Relating to Elections
- Plans
- Printed Books
- Pictorial
- Miscellaneous
Summary Information
- Repository
- Gwent Archives
- Creator
- Thomas Edwards and Co..
- Title
- Thomas Edwards and Co., Furnishers Records
- ID
- GB0218.D3917
- Date
- 1902-1979
- Extent
- 0.045 Cubic Metres
- General Physical Description note
- (79 items)
- Language
- English
Biographical/Historical note
Thomas Edwards & Co., Furnishers, were based in Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire during the 20th century. Thomas Edwards stood as a candidate in the 1919 Ebbw Vale Urban District Council elections.
Scope and Contents note
Records of Thomas Edwards & Co., Furnishers, including minute books, 1937-1979; diaries, 1904-1942; financial records, 1902-1948; correspondence, 1912-1974; records relating to local government elections, 1919-1952; plans relating to property in Ebbw Vale, 1902-1910.
Arrangement note
Arranged into the following: Administration; Finance; Correspondence; Records relating to elections; Plans.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Gwent Archives
Conditions Governing Access note
Usual conditions apply
Conditions Governing Use note
Usual copyright regulations apply.
Accruals note
Accruals are not expected
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Source not recorded
Appraisal note
All records deposited at Gwent Record Office have been retained.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
Subject(s)
- House furnishings industry and trade--Wales--Ebbw Vale; Thomas Edwards & Company, Furnishers--Records and correspondence;
Other Finding Aids note
Hard copies of the catalogue are available in Gwent Record Office, the National Library of Wales and the National Register of Archives.
Collection Inventory
Administration |
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D3917/1 Minute Book of directors' and members' meetings Aug 1937-Aug 1957 |
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D3917/2 Minute Book Mar 1958-Dec 1974 |
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D3917/3 Minute Book Mar 1975-Oct 1979 |
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D3917/4 Commercial Diary, by Boots Cash Chemists and Perfumers 1904 |
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D3917/5 The Cabinet Maker and Complete House Furnisher Diary 1931 |
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D3917/6 Diary 1942 |
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Finance |
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D3917/7 Bank Account Book 1902-1908 |
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D3917/8 Cash Book 1902-1910 |
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D3917/9 Cash Book 1912-1915 |
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D3917/10 Receipts for charitable donations 4 receipts 1912-1928 |
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D3917/11 Trading Account for 1912 1913 |
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D3917/12 Cash Book 1914-1917 |
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D3917/13 Trading and Profi and Loss Accounts for T. Edwards & Co., Market Square, Ebbw Vale, for 1913 and 1914 1915 |
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D3917/14 Trading and Profit and Loss Account 1916 |
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D3917/15 Trading and Profit and Loss Account for 1915 1916 |
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D 3917. 16 Cash Book 1917-1920 |
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D3917/17 Trading and Profit and Loss Accounts for 1911, 1913, 1922 and 1924. 1917, 1923, 1926 |
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D3917/18 Trading and Profit and Loss Account for 1917. Includes correspondence relating to taxation 1918 |
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D3917/19 Records of Investments 1918-1943 |
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D3917/20 Draft Trading and Profit and Loss Account for Ebbw Vale premises, for 1918 1919 |
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D3917/21 Trading and Profit and Loss Account for 1918. 1919 |
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D3917/22 Profit and Loss Account for 1918 1919 |
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D3917/23 List of Investments and Interest and Dividends, Extracts of Motor Book and Record of Payemenst. [1919] |
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D3917/24 Trading and Profit and Loss Account for 1919. 1920 |
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D3917/25 Accounts for motor hire 1920-1921 |
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D3917/26 Trading and Profit and Loss Account for 1920 1920-1921 |
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D3917/27 Motor Hire Account, Trading and Profit and Loss Account and List OF Bad Debts for 1920. 1921 |
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D3917/28 Trading and Profit and Loss Account for 1921. Includes Profit and Loss Account for Motor Hire Business account. 1922 |
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D3917/29 Trading and Profit and Loss Account for 1921. 1922 |
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D3917/30 Draft-Trading and Profit and Loss Account for 1922 1923 |
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D3917/31 Private Statement of Affairs of Thomas Edwards Found in D3917/38 1923 |
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D3917/32 Cash Book 1924-1928 |
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D3917/33 Balance Sheet, Statement of Affairs and Trading and Profit and Loss Account for Ebbw Vale premises, for 1923. 1924 |
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D3917/34 Statement of Affairs and Trading and Profit and Loss Account for 1924. 1924 |
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D3917/35 Trading and Profit and Loss Account for 1924. 1925 |
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D3917/36 Trading and Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet for Ebbw Vale premises, for 1924. 1925 |
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D3917/37 Trading and Profit and Loss Account for 1925. 1926 |
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D3917/38 Balance Sheets for 1924 and 1925 1926 |
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D3917/39 Summary of Bad Debts for 1925 1926 |
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D3917/40 Trading and Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet for 1926. 1927 |
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D3917/41 Balance Sheet for 1926 1927 |
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D3917/42 Trading and Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet for 1926 1927 |
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D3917/43 Capital Account and Balance Sheet for 1926 Found in D3917/41 1927 |
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D3917/44 Cash Book 1927-1928 |
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D3917/45 Bank Account Book of Thomas Edwards 1927-1929 |
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D3917/46 List of Assets not included in business balance sheet for 1936 1937 |
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D3917/47 Trading and Profit and Loss Accounts for 1927 1928 |
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D3917/48 Trading and Profit and Loss Accounts for 1927 1928 |
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D3917/49 Income Tax Return of Thomas Edwards and OFFICIAL PRICE LIST of Newport Stock Exchange. Found in D3917/42 1928 |
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D3917/50 Cash Book 1929-1930 |
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D3917/51 List of assets not included in balance sheet in 1927 Feb 1929 |
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D3917/52 Income Tax Computation for Ebbw Vale and Blackwood for 1927-1929 1929 |
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D3917/53 Trading Accounts and Balance Sheets for Ebbw Vale and Blackwood stores for 1928. 1929 |
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D3917/54 Cash Book 1930-1931 |
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D3917/55 Trading Account and Balance Sheet for Ebbw Vale, for 1929 1930 |
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D3917/56 List of assets not included in balance sheet at December 1929 May 1930 |
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D3917/57 Trading and Profit and Loss Accounts for Ebbw Vale and Blackwood for 1930 1931 |
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D3917/58 Bank Account Book of Thomas Edwards 1932-1937 |
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D3917/59 Balance Sheets and Trading Accounts for Ebbw Vale and Blackwood. 1934 |
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D3917/60 Bank Account Book of Thomas Edwards 1934-1937 |
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D3917/61 Bank Account Book of Oswald Edwards 1934-1948 |
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D3917/62 Trading and Profit and Loss Accounts and Balance Sheet for Ebbw Vale and Blackwood premises 1925 |
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D3917/63 Receipt Book for shop in Market Square, Ebbw Vale 1939-1943 |
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D3917/64 Cash Book for Blackwood 1942-1943 |
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D3917/64a Cash Book for Ebbw Vale 1942-1943 |
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D3917/65 Draft Balance Sheets and Trading Accounts for 1925- 1927 [c.1930] |
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D3917/66 Ledger pages [Mid 20th century] |
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Correspondence |
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D3917/67 Correspondence relating mainly to financial accounts and donations to charities 1912-1941 |
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D3917/68 Correspondence relating mainly to accounts 1918-1948 |
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D3917/69 Correspondence from Wallace Williams & Co., of Cardiff, incorporated accountants and auditors, relating to registration of company. 1936-1937 |
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D3917/70 Correspondence from William Bradley & Wallace of Cardiff, solicitors. Relates to registration of company. 1937 |
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D3917/71 Correspondence relating to acquisition of shares in Annetts (Abergavenny) Ltd., furnishers 1973-1974 |
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Records Relating to Elections |
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D3917/72 Campaign Leaflets for the election of Thomas Edwards and Oswald Edwards to Ebbw Vale Urban District Council Election. 2 leaflets Apr 1919, May 1952 |
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D3917/73 Newscuttings relating mainly to local government and to local elections [1925-1928] |
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Plans |
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D3917/74 Plans of alterations to premises to the rear of Church Street, Ebbw Vale. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [2 plans] Mar 1902 |
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D3917/75 Specification for building of additional workhouses and showroom at rear of premises in Church Street, Ebbw Vale. 1902 |
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D3917/76 Plan of proposed premises, Market Square, Ebbw Vale. Scale: 40 feet to 1 inch. Jul 1907 |
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D3917/77 Plan of house to be built in Pennant Street, Ebbw Vale, for Thomas Edwards. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch. [c.1910] |
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D3917/78 Plans and Elevations of proposed shops and houses, Market Square, Ebbw Vale. Scale: not stated 7 drawings 1907 & n.d. c. 1907 |
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D3917/79 Plan of warehouse over shops 8 & 9 at Market Square, Ebbw Vale. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [Early 20th century] |
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Printed Books |
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D3917/80 The Perfect Ceremonies of Craft Masonry As Approved, Sanctioned and Confirmed by the United Grand Lodge, privately printed for A. Lewis, London. 1914 |
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D3917/81 Furniture Control and Maximum Prices, printed by Freame, Manning & Co. Ltd., London. 1944 |
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Pictorial |
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D3917/82 Photograph of T. Edwards & Co., Market Street, Ebbw Vale [c.1910] |
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D3917/83 Photograph of T. Edwards & Co., Market Street, Ebbw Vale [c.1934] |
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D3917/84 Photograph of T. Edwards Furnishers Ltd., Market Square, Ebbw Vale [c.1970] |
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Miscellaneous |
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D3917/85 Membership Card of Thomas Edwards for the Ebbw Vale Urban District Ratepayers Association. Includes rules of Association 1908 |
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D3917/86 Postcard from William Rosser (? of A. Rosser & Son, Upholsteres) in Swansea. Illustration of armchairs and settee Found in D3917/9 1912 |
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D3917/87 Licence for carriage 1915 |
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D3917/88 Programmes for Peace Celebration to be held at the Central Hall, Ebbw Vale. Includes list of servicemen from Ebbw Vale and Waun Llwyd districts who died in the 1st World War. 2 programmes 1919 |
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D3917/89 Agenda for meeting of the Mental Deficiency Committee of Monmouthshire County Council Mar 1924 |
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D3917/90 The Gecoray System of Shop Window Lighting, by the General Electric Co., Ltd. 1924 |
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D3917/91 Prospectus for the School of Mines, Crumlin, for 1929-30 1929 |
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D3917/92 Souvenir Portraits of George V and Queen Mary for the occasion of their silver jubilee 1935 |
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D3917/93 Statement of Affairs and CORRESPONDENCE relating to Meredith Lloyd of Ebbw Vale, baker and grocer 1935 |
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D3917/94 Fixture List for Blackwood Stars Rugby Football Club, 1935-36 1935 |
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D3917/95 Death Certificate (Photocopy) and Letter of Administration for the estate of Jeannie Edwards, wife of Thomas Edwards. 1942 |
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D3917/96 1. Douglas Lloyd Edwards of Lynwood, Beaufort Rd., Ebbw Vale. 2. Oswald P.L. Edwards of Lynwood, Beaufort Rd., Ebbw Vale. 3. John Wallace Williams of 5 St. Andrews Crescent, Cardiff, co. Glam., fellow of the Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors. ARTICLES OF CLERKSHIP of 1. in the business of 3. Consideration: 300 guineas 11 Jun 1951 |
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D3917/97 Letters of Administration for the estate of Thomas Edwards of 1, Market Square, Ebbw Vale, granted to Oswald Percy Llewellyn Edwards. 1952 |
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D3917/98 Directory of Rotary Clubs in Great Britain & Ireland, published by Rotary International 1962 |
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D3917/99 The New Shop Act: Shopkeepers' and Assistants' Guide, by William Leavis, Secretary of the Shopkeepers' & Small Traders' Protection Association. [c.1912] |
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D3917/100 Price Lists of parts for Jones' Sewing machines [3 lists] [20th century] |
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D3917/101 Account for new organ at the English Wesleyan Chapel Document torn [c.1890] |
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D3917/102 Poster for T. Edwards & Co. [20th century] |
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D3917/103 List of members on the Board of Governors of Ebbw Vale County School [c.1922] |
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D3917/104 Extract (photocopy) from the Merthyr Express, including article relating to career of Thomas Edwards May 1923 |
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D3917/105 Receipt Books [1970] |
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D3917/106 Certificate of Registration and Grade Card of Oswald P.L. Edwards, for national service in the armed forces Found in D3917/44 |
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