Identity area
Reference code
JCCA/JCAD/2/2/9/1874/145
Title
Ironwork to Student Rooms
Date(s)
- 24th November 1874 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, paper, in envelope with 144 and 146.
Context area
Name of creator
(1839-1875)
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.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Bill for:
6 hooks and fastened coves (Groyder)
Double back and fixed (Cleverly and A.B. Wilson)
Cleaned, mended, and lacquered two locks (Fairbairn)
10 brass head screws (incl fixing)
Bottom screws and fixed to stove (Chanter)
Double back and fixed (Tucker)
Misc cleaning and mending new locks, fixing screws
New hob; repairing stove.
Total cost £3 1s. Signed by Thomas Shallow.