SOUTH WEST HERITAGE TRUST: Somerset Archive Catalogue
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COLLINS AND HUGHES, SOLICITORS, OF BATH... COLLINS AND HUGHES, SOLICITORS, OF BATH, c.1897-c.1958
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COLLINS AND HUGHES, SOLICITORS, OF BATH, c.1897-c.1958
Repository
B&NES Record Office
Reference number
1024
Description
This is a very small collection, consisting of two registers of clients' insurance policies, mainly covering the period 1920s to 1950s, but with annotations referring back to 1897 and a register of clients' share-holdings, c.1906-1929.
The name Collins and Hughes, on the cover of the registers of insurance policies, was in use from 1931-1970. The history of the firm can be traced as follows:
1900: Simmons, Clark & Co., solicitors, 1 Manvers Street (partner Cannings Collins)
1909: Simmons, Clark, Collins & Simmons, solicitors, 8 Edgar Buildings
1914: Collins & Simmons, solicitors, 8 Edgar Buildings
1920: Collins & Simmons, solicitors, 3 Belmont (partner Geo E Hughes)
1925: Collins, Moger & Hughes, solicitors, 3 Queen Square
1932: Collins & Hughes, solicitors, 15 Gay Street
1972: Ratliff, Collins & Hughes, solicitors, 14 & 15 Gay Street
1987: Collins & Hughes, solicitors, 14 Gay Street
1991: Collins & Hughes, solicitors, 29 & 30 Milsom Street
(Source: Bath Reade Directories)
Date
c.1897-c.1958
Extent
3 volumes
Access status
Open
Level
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COLLINS AND HUGHES, SOLICITORS, OF BATH, c.1897-c.1958
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