GIDEON WRIGHT AND SON OF DORCHESTER, GROCERS.

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Reference number	D-108
Level of description	Fonds
Date	1760-1920
Language	English
Term	Grocers Shops and Businesses Trade and Industry Food and Drink Dorchester

Deeds of water mill, house and land at Sydling St. Nicholas; with copy administration of goods of Elizabeth Feltham, 1843; also will of Thomas Hardy Hopkins of Sydling St. Nicholas, 1866, proved 1870.. Deeds of no. 19 High East Street, Dorchester; with copy will of John Greening of Dorchester, collar maker, 1807, proved 1823. Workshop previously used by a coachmaker but now a cellar, on west side of Goal or Gaol Lane or Street, Dorchester; with copy will of Nathaniel Stickland of Dorchester, Esq., 1828, proved 1829, and renunciation of trusts under the will, 1830.. Bennett to Wright and Son: shop at 19 High East Street, Dorchester, and store and stables in Star alias Bell Street (formally Gaol Street and later Icen Way). Assignment of share in grocery and provision businesses and stock in trade, Wright to Denner, 1889; partnership agreement between G.D. Wright and son R.S. Wright, 1905. Agreement between Wright and son and Mayor and Corporation of Dorchester for sale of strip of land in Star Lane for widening of road.. Business receipts, 1865 - 73, with list of half yearly receipts, 1859 - 69. At other end: list of names (? Customers), and shorthand notes.. Business receipts, 1870 - 90, with list of half yearly receipts, 1859 - 1889.. Business receipts, 1891 - 5, with balance sheets to 1917. Petty cash weekly payments, 1897 - 1902, with other accounts, 1918 - 20.