Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Sheepbridge Co Ltd
- Staveley Iron & Chemical Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Extraction
Coal extraction
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Extraction
Iron ore extraction
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Basic metals production
Iron, steel & related alloys production
Notes:
Incorporated 1864 as Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co Ltd. Produced iron and steel and operated associated businesses including coal and ironstone mines. Coal and iron and steel interests were nationalised in 1940s while remaining - largely engineering - activities were transferred to Sheepbridge Co Ltd established in 1948. SC&ICL in 1955 was acquired by Staveley Iron & Chemical Co Ltd on denationalisation of iron and steel industry
Publications:
- Men of Iron. A history of the Sheepbridge Company by Finney, Mike
- Sheepbridge. A history of the Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co Ltd by Jenkins, David E
- 'Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co Ltd, 1865-1914' in T J Baldwin et al, Cash Flow and Corporate Finance in Victorian Britain. Cases from the coal industry, 1860-1914 by Baldwin, T J, R H Berry & R A Church
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Sheepbridge Co Ltd
- Staveley Iron & Chemical Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Extraction Coal extraction
- Extraction Iron ore extraction
- Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
Notes:
Incorporated 1864 as Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co Ltd. Produced iron and steel and operated associated businesses including coal and ironstone mines. Coal and iron and steel interests were nationalised in 1940s while remaining - largely engineering - activities were transferred to Sheepbridge Co Ltd established in 1948. SC&ICL in 1955 was acquired by Staveley Iron & Chemical Co Ltd on denationalisation of iron and steel industryPublications:
- Men of Iron. A history of the Sheepbridge Company by Finney, Mike
- Sheepbridge. A history of the Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co Ltd by Jenkins, David E
- 'Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co Ltd, 1865-1914' in T J Baldwin et al, Cash Flow and Corporate Finance in Victorian Britain. Cases from the coal industry, 1860-1914 by Baldwin, T J, R H Berry & R A Church