Source/Archive record SYO2037 - The Rougier Family, Comb making in York

Title The Rougier Family, Comb making in York
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In 1983-84, excavations took place at 24 – 30 Tanner Row prior to the building of an extension to the General Accident Insurance Company offices. This investigation was on the former site of the Rougier family’s comb-making factory and revealed the remains of a number of Victorian buildings as well as deposits of offcuts and incomplete products discarded by the factory before its closure in 1930.

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  • General Accident, Tanner Row (Ref: 1983-84.32)

Record last edited

Nov 16 2017 4:06PM

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