King and Tuck
of Bath
Simon King and James Tuck.
1839 Advert: 'S. KING, GENERAL FURNISHING IRONMONGER, STOVE GRATE MANUFACTURER, SMITH, &c, &c, GRATEFUL his Friends for their very kind and distinguished patronage during the last 14 years, begs to inform them, that for the more efficiently carrying on the business in all its branches, he has taken into Partnership his Brother-in-Law, Mr. JAMES TUCK, and that, in future, the Trade will be conducted under the Firm of "KING and TUCK;" on whose behalf he respectfully solicits a continuance of the favours so generously conferred on himself.' 26, HIGH STREET, BATH, March 12, 1839.'[1]
1839 Advert: 'KING AND TUCK,
GENERAL and FURNISHING IRONMONGERS, STOVE GRATE MANUFACTURERS, SMITHS, BRAZIERS, BELL HANGERS, &c,
26, HIGH-STREET (MARKET-PLACE), and 4, CHEAP STREET. BATH,
In announcing the Co-partnership they have formed, beg to acquaint their very numerous Friends and the Public at large, that for the present, their business will be carried on at the Two Establishments as above, until the Enlargements and Improvements making in the Warehouses and Manufactory in the Market Place are sufficiently completed to afford them facilities for conducting the Trade in all its branches on an enlarged scale for, whilst they have resolved, by a most persevering attention to the more Ornamental and Useful Articles in the Furnishing Ironmongery Department, to retain that character for taste, for which King's Stove Grate Manufactory has been so distinguished, they are no less determined to give that attention to the Black Ironmongery Goods, more immediately connected with the Cheap Street House, and to offer those advantages to Builders and Carpenters, and all wholesale Purchasers of General Ironmongery, as to render their Establishment equal, in all respects, to any in the kingdom.'[2]
1845 Advertising as James Tuck, Market Place, Bath[3]
1861 'THE NEW PATENT HEAT DISSEMINATOR, The only GAS STOVE with PERFECT COMBUSTION, AT JAMES TUCK'S Furnishing Ironmongery Showrooms, 26, MARKET PLACE, Bath.'[4]
1864 Trading as James Tuck and Son, 26 Market Place, 17 Union Passage, and Bishop's Court, Bath[5]
1931 'There passed away at Sheffield on Sunday last an old Bath citizen Mr. Edward Tuck. Mr. Tuck, who was his 91st year, came of an old Bath family and was in business as an ironmonger with his father James Tuck and Son, at 26, High Street. Afterwards he was in Monmouth Place as an art metal worker. About 1878 he removed to Sheffield where resided till his death. When in Bath he was associated with Argyle Chapel, and at Sheffield has been a prominent worker amongst the Congregationalists. He was a life deacon of the Meersbrook Park Congregational Church. One son is Mr. C. Newall Tuck, an alderman and ex-mayor of Chippenham, and a daughter has been living with him.'[6]
'When St. Luke's Church, South Lyncombe, was built, Mr. Wake [J. N. Wake, 83] helped to make the iron cross and fix it to the summit of the spire. This cross was made in the workshops of Messrs. James Tuck and Sons, which, like the old Crown Inn, were in Bishop's Court, off High Street. The site is now occupied by the mineral water factory of Cater, Stoffell and Fortt, Ltd.'[7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 28 March 1839
- ↑ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 28 March 1839
- ↑ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 10 April 1845
- ↑ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 12 December 1861
- ↑ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 24 March 1864
- ↑ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, Saturday 20 June 1931
- ↑ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 16 October 1937