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- 24th November 1874 (Creation)
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1 item, paper.
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Administrative history
Shallow and Colemen was a firm of ironmongers and iron merchants active in Cambridge between 1839 and 1875. The business was owned by Thomas Shallow (1798-1876), an ironmonger and whitesmith who lived at 49 Sidney Street. According to 'Capturing Cambridge', some iron bollards produced by the firm still line the Backs in Queens' Road.
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Receipt for: square rails for fence on Manor Street; inking down gutter soldering, 18 ft of line pipe, 1 bracket, 3 hooks (all for Manor Street); inking down gate on Malcolm Street, new screw centre refixed standard and rehanging gate in Malcolm Street; 2 hinges, 16 screws, 2 new hooks (all for Malcolm Street); 17 ft of line gutter, 10 feet of pipe, 8 brackets of hooks, new piping. Total cost £3 3s. Received by Thomas Shallow.