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Bedford Baths Syndicate Limited

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Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline

Bedford Baths Syndicate Limited

Company baths:

ENGLAND: Bedford: 18 Ashburnham Road

Please note that, as handwriting is often unclear, names of shareholders are indicative only. When accuracy is important, visitors should consult the original documents;
those with PRO references will be found at The National Archives (Public Record Office, Kew)

The company was set up to purchase the Bedford Turkish Baths at 18 Ashburnham Road which, after the liquidation of the Bedford Turkish Baths Company Ltd in 1898, was owned by James Walter Hobson and George Henry Martin. However the proposal never came to fruition and the company remained dormant till it too was dissolved in 1901.

PRO: BT31 8094/58365 (All information is taken from this file unless specifically footnoted)

1898 Memorandum of Association: 27 July
Capital: £2,500 divided into 500 shares of £5
Objects include: the purchase, carry on, provide Turkish Baths for the town of Bedford.
Subscribers:
Bell, Harry (1 share) Auctioneer
Davis, Alexander Ewart (1 share) Bank manager
Halliley, Charles Baily (1 share) Solicitor (Dir)
Hobson, James Walter (1 share) Timber merchant (Dir)
Kilpin, Samuel Leach (1 share) Ironmonger
Kingston, Frank (1 share) Accountant
Martin, George Henry (1 share) Timber merchant (Dir)

1901: No returns were filed
Company dissolved: 12 April

This page last updated 15 July 2008

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