Powell, Edwards and Co
of Chester
1844 Partnership change. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, Edward Powell, Thomas Edwards, and William Roberts, as Cutlers and Ironmongers, in the city of Chester, under the style or firm of Powell, Edwards, and Company, was dissolved, on the 11th day of November last, by mutual consent; and that the business will in future be carried on by the said Thomas Edwards alone, under the same style as heretofore...'[1]
1880 Liquidation. '...Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by William Edwards, of No. 35, Pepper-street, and of No. 12, Bridge-street, and of Bridge-street-row, and of the Crane Works, Crane Bank, all in the city of Chester, Builder, Contractor, and Ironmonger, trading under the name, style, or firm of Powell, Edwards, and Co., and as William Edwards...'[2]