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- 11th December 1835 (Creation)
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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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Paid £31 17s 5d for ironwork around the College. Including:
Master's Lodge - lengthened handle and rod to pump, 2 sheet iron sides to range, 8 wall hooks nails and fixed, 6 cut iron plate at back of range, 2 bars to range, 6 bars to copper, plate in front of hot plate and wall hooks.
Courts - Eased latch to Porters Lodge door, bars to window in Beaufort's Room, 4lb lead and fixed the same, mend porters bell, a plate by Carpenter, mending bell, harp 2 screw loops and padlock to Mr. Graham's room, mending shovel by porter, catch screw and fixed servants hall, padlock and fixed loop stable gates, repair front gates, joint to harp of large bar and fixed to front gate, collar to key of front gate, mend poker in porters lodge, hook and staple drilled hole in stone and fixed to passage, mend bolt to front gate, mend lock to porters letter box, repair lock to chapel door, key to iron gate by porter, key to shoe place, job to bolt of large gates, mend porters bell, square and nails for door frame, ground 2 scythes, righted and fixed latch in Bates' room, sharpened 2 weed hooks, iron and fixed to pump spout, band screws for the same, righted stop and step to front gate, door chain and fixed to gate, latch catch and brass and fixed at porters lodge, taking key out of lock, 2 long holdfasts by bursars, screws and fixed to gate, sheet iron nails and fixed the stove at porters lodge, mend lock to front gate, 26 feet pipe to Mr. Percy's stove, bottom of large 2 elbows to the same, 6 irons to the same, taking irons off buttery chimney.
Combination Room - cleaned stove and brass, cleaned irons and fender, taking down lamp cleaned and fixed, blacked stove, cleaned bar to stove.
Hall - 2 men taking down stove, new double flue, part new hood, 1 new front bar, cleaned, repaired and fixed stove.
Clock - lengthened lever to striking part, a year's winding etc
Kitchen - Handle to beef fork, new foot to salamander, oiling jack, mend 2 pokers, socket to large poker, plate rivets and mend drip pan, shovel, laid poker, job to pepper mill, keep to latch oven door, mend latch to copper, new chain to jack, 2 bars, 5 bars to stoves, righted four stoves, righted four sides to stoves, 3 bars to oven, righted oven, 16 fire bricks, 11 bars to coppers, 6 bars to stewing stoves, righted stewing stoves, sheet iron to back of stoves, 8 wall hooks, fire repeller to oven, oiling jack, taking down outside and clean jack, laid poker, 2 new stewing stoves, 12 bars to the same, 2 plates under, 2 new stoves, 12 bars to the same, 2 plates under, 4 new trivets, lined meat screen, 2 fenders to charcoal place, fixed cheek to range (all signed by M. Willis).