Darlington Turkish  and  Swimming Baths Company Limited

           

                         

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Darlington Turkish  and  Swimming Baths Company Limited  
                   

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DARLINGTON: Woodland 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)

                      

 

          
PRO:
BT31 3171/18404 (All information  is taken from this file unless specifically footnoted)

1883 Memorandum of Association: 2 June

Capital: £2,000 divided into 2,000 shares of £1

Subscribers:

Barron, Thomas Metcalfe (1 share) Solicitor

Clark, Edward (1 share) Spinner

Forster, Charles (1 share) Accountant

Forster, Joseph (1 share) Solicitor

Forster, William (1 share) Wine merchant

Maddison, Thomas Robert (1 share) Wine merchant

Wilkes, Joseph Kimber (1 share) Gentleman

Agreement: (i) of 26 May 1883 between Joseph Kimber Wilkes (Lessor) and John James Wilkes, as agent for the company, for taking lease '...used as Turkish and other baths with the outbuildings belonging thereto situate at the corner of Woodland Road and Portland Place Darlington aforesaid with the fixtures and fixtures as therein...'

Agreement: (ii) of 26 May 1883 between 'James Wright of Darlington in the County of Durham Turkish Baths Keeper Hair dresser Umbrella manufacturer and repairer' and John James Wilkes for the company 'for the purchase as a going concern and of business of hairdresser and umbrella maker and repairer and goodwill...'

Registered Office: Woodland Road (5 June)

Shareholders include:

Dale, David, (10 shares) JP

Luck, Robert Allen, (5 shares) JP

Pease, Arthur, (20 shares) MP

Pease, Joseph Whitwell, Sir (20 shares) Baronet

1884 Additional shareholders include:

Pease, Henry Fell, JP

1885 Turkish Baths business sold to John Lye

1890 Extraordinary Meeting: Winding up (6 November)

1891 No returns were filed between the years 1885 and 1890

Dissolved under Clause 7(4): 17 November

    

 
 


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