X602/1-12

Ledgers

1897-1961

From: 1897 To: 1961

The ledgers consist of large leather/cloth bound volumes, giving a record of each customers account, cost of items purchased and cash paid, with dates. Each has an index of customers at the front unless otherwise specified.

The volumes of account books and ledgers to Francis Coales and Son, miller, of Bedford and Newport Pagnell were deposited in the Buckinghamshire Record Office in 1974. Records of Francis Coales & Son (Newport Pagnell) remain at Buckinghamshire Record Office under accession numbers 102.174 and others. It is understood the the records of the Bedford Branch of the firm were formerly at the firms Willington office prior to their transfer to Bucks in 1974. Ninety eight others were subsequently transferred to the Bedfordshire Record Office in June 1980. Permission was given for a selection to be made for permenant preservation. Accordingly the records listed as X602/1-43 represent a sample of those originally deposited. However, care has been taken to preserve a record of the original coverage of the material. The full set of main ledgers has been retained, together with a sample of the dependent series of account books selected on the basis of first and last volumes and census years.

series

Francis Coales & Son, millers