Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,669 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Barclay and Fry

From Graces Guide

Stationers and printers, of 9 College Hill, Cannon Street, and 63 Queen Street, London and Portsmouth

1799 Established

1882 Wholesale and manufacturing stationers, colour printers, Barclay's patent for indelible paper to protect against forgery[1]

1899 Fire at the extensive premises of Barclay and Fry, Grove Court, Guildford Street, Southwark.[2]

1907 Will of John Doyle Fry chairman of Barclay and Fry.[3]

1921 Acquired as part of the formation of Metal Box Co

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Sources of Information

  1. Post Office London Directory, 1882
  2. Globe - Wednesday 14 June 1899
  3. Daily Telegraph & Courier (London) - Tuesday 09 July 1907