TR WAL Catalogue

RECORDS OF WALLIS and STEEVENS LTD., BASINGSTOKE TR WAL Administrative History Wallis and Steevens Ltd., agricultural implement makers and dealers, was founded by Arthur Wallis, grandson of Richard Wallis of Richard Wallis and Sons, a Basingstoke merchant company. Arthur Wallis opened his first ironworks at Station Hill, Basingstoke in 1847 and entered the steam engineering business, producing portable engines, small stationary engines and threshing machines. Subsequently the company specialised in self-moving engines: traction engines, steam tractors, steam wagons and road rollers. From the 1920s onwards the company increasingly concentrated on the manufacture of its Advance series of road rollers, and shifted away from steam to the production of diesel and petrol motor rollers. The company also acted as an agent for other agricultural manufacturers including David Brown Tractors until 1953 and Massey Ferguson until 1976 and had showrooms on Reading Road, Station Hill, Basingstoke where it displayed and sold a range of agricultural machinery. During 1966-1967 Wallis and Steevens Ltd. moved to a new works at the Daneshill Industrial Estate, Reading Road, Basingstoke. Although the mid 1970s saw a brief return to profit, the company ceased trading in 1981 after incurring considerable losses, compounded by a sharp decline in new orders. Its wholly-owned subsidiary AJB Engineers was sold in the same year to Belcher Brothers Investments Ltd and its road roller and sprayer business was taken over by BSP International Foundations Ltd., part of the Tex Holdings PLC group of companies. The records were deposited as a gift by Wallis and Steevens Ltd, in conjunction with AFW Wallis and PR Wallis in 1981 and 1983. Dates 1856-1980 Extent 40 linear metres List compiled April to Oct 2007 Accession numbers T81/9, T81/11, T81/12, and T83/3 Scope and contents Index Record types TR WAL AC1/1-57 Ledgers TR WAL AC2/1 Cash books TR WAL AC4/1-4 Journals TR WAL AC6/1-19 Other accounts TR WAL AC7/1-77 Financial statements TR WAL AD1/1-6 Records of general meetings and board meetings TR WAL AD2/1-11 General administrative and commercial records TR WAL AD3/1-10 Employee records TR WAL AD4/1 Premises records TR WAL AD5/1-5 Materials records TR WAL AD7/1-9 Commercial records TR WAL CO1/1-4 Partnership records TR WAL CO2/1-59 Limited company records TR WAL CO4/1-2 Property records TR WAL DO1/1-5 Engineering drawings and sketches TR WAL DO2/1-2 Drawing registers 1 TR WAL MP1/1-23 Registers and lists of production TR WAL MP2/1-524 Manufacturing working papers and details TR WAL MP3/1 Outworks records TR WAL P2/A/1-16 Advertising and servicing publications TR WAL P2/B/1-2 Other firms’ literature TR WAL P8/1-16 Artworks TR WAL P9/1-4 Other records TR WAL PH3/1-45 Photographic prints Ref. No Title Dates TR WAL AC ACCOUNTS 1856 -1980 TR WAL AC1 LEDGERS 1856-1970 TR WAL AC1/1-57 Ledgers 1856-1970 TR WAL AC1/1-22 Sales ledgers 1856-1929 Index of customers at front and annual index with customer sales for year at rear. Ledgers arranged by customer name, date, quantity, machine ordered, office number, cost. Later ledgers include method of payment, interest charged and total paid (22 volumes) TR WAL AC1/1 Sales ledger 1856-1861 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 2] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/2 Sales ledger A 1861-1865 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 3] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/3 Sales ledger B 1866-1868 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 4] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/4 Sales ledger C 1868-1874 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 5] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/5 Sales ledger D 1874-1877 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 6] (1 volume) 2 TR WAL AC1/6 Sales ledger E 1878-1881 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 7] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/7 Sales ledger F 1881-1886 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 8] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/8 Sales ledger G 1886-1890 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 9] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/9 Sales ledger H 1891-1896 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 10] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/10 Sales ledger I 1897-1901 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 11] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/11 Sales ledger J 1901-1904 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 12] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/12 Sales ledger K 1905-1908 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 13] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/13 Sales ledger L1, customers A-L 1909-1912 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 14] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/14 Sales ledger L2, 1, customers M-Z 1909-1912 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 15] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/15 Sales ledger M1, customers A-K 1913-1916 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 16] (1 volume) 3 TR WAL AC1/16 Sales ledger M2, customers L-Z 1913-1916 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 17] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/17 Sales ledger N1, customers A-K 1917-1920 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 18] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/18 Sales ledger N2 customers L-Z 1917-1920 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 19] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/19 Sales ledger O1, customers A-K 1921-1924 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 20] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/20 Sales ledger O2, customers L-Z 1921-1924 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 21] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/21 Sales ledger P1 customers A-K 1925-1929 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 22] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/22 Sales ledger P2, customers L-Z 1925-1929 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 23] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/23-27 Wholesale ledgers 1881-1932 Organised alphabetically by customer with indexes. Date of order, order number, amount payable and balance. The ledgers also contain bad debts lists and lists of accounts unpaid (5 volumes) TR WAL AC1/23 Sales ledger WC 1881-1895 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 24] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/24 Sales ledger WD 1895-1904 4 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 25] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/25 Sales ledger WE 1905-1917 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 26] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/26 Sales ledger WF 1918-1924 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 27] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/27 Sales ledger WG 1925-1932 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 28] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/28-40 Agricultural machinery and spare parts 1927-1956 sales ledgers. Agricultural machinery and spare parts. Organised alphabetically with name and address of customers and index at beginning of each letter. Also contains customer account number, date, product order number, amount payable and balance (13 volumes) TR WAL AC1/28 Sales ledger. Customers A-G 1927-1945 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 29] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/29 Sales ledger. Customers H-R 1927-1945 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 30] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/30 Sales ledger. Customers S-Z and subsidiary 1927-1945 customers A-Z [Formerly accession number TR WAL 31/32] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/31 Sales ledger. Customers A-L 1945-1954 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 33] (1 volume) 5 TR WAL AC1/32 Sales ledger. Customers M-Z 1945-1954 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 34] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/33 Sales ledger. Customers A-E 1953-1955 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 39/35] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/34 Sales ledger. Customers F-L 1953-1955 [Formerly accession numbers TR WAL 36] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/35 Sales ledger. Customers M-R 1953-1955 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 37] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/36 Sales ledger. Customers S-Z 1953-1955 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 38] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/37 Sales ledger. Customers A-E 1956 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 40] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/38 Sales ledger. Customers F-L 1956 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 41] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/39 Sales ledger. Customers M-R 1956 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 42] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/40 Sales ledger. Customers S-Z 1956 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 43] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/41-48 Engineering sales ledgers 1930-1956 Ledgers arranged alphabetically with name and address of customer, account number, credit limit, date, item purchased, price and balance 6 (8 volumes) TR WAL AC1/41 Sales ledger. Customers A-O 1930-1946 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 44] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/42 Sales ledger. Customers P-Z 1930-1946 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 45] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/43 Sales ledger. Customers A-O 1930-1948 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 46] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/44 Sales ledger. Customers P-Z 1930-1948 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 47] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/45 Sales ledger. Customers A- Z 1930-1949 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 48] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/46 Sales ledger. Customers A-Z 1949-1952 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 49] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/47 Sales ledger. With indexes including export. [1939-1956] [Formerly accession number TR WAL 50] (1 volume TR WAL AC1/48 Sales ledger. [1953-1956] [Formerly accession number TR WAL 51] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/49-57 General ledgers 1897-1970 Wallis and Steevens Ltd., and Wallis and Steevens Auxiliary Ltd. Wholesale, retail, bought, sales, expenses, commissions, fees and expenses, petty cash, bills, details of charitable and sporting donations, discounts, advertisements, buildings and other general 7 account items (9 volumes) TR WAL AC1/49 General ledger A 1897-1904 [Formerly accession numbers TR WAL 166] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/50 General ledger B 1905-1911 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 167] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/51 General ledger C 1912-1918 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 168] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/52 General ledger D 1919-1924 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 169] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/53 General ledger E 1925-1928 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 170] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/54 General ledger F 1929-1934 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 171] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/55 General ledger G 1935-1948 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 172] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/56 General ledger 1950-1970 [Formerly accession number TR WAL 173] (1 volume) TR WAL AC1/57 General ledger, Wallis and Steevens 1900-1937 Auxiliary Ltd [Formerly accession number TR WAL 174] (1 volume) TR WAL AC2 Cash books 1946-1961 TR WAL AC2/1 Petty cash book (wages) Nov 1946 – 8 Jun 1961 Contains name and signature of recipient, amount and category of payment (tax refund, wages, Advance and holiday pay, insurance).

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