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Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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PRO (Public Record Office) documents are at The National Archives, Kew.
TNA: PRO: BT31 586/2432 All unfootnoted information is taken from this file.
1861 Memorandum of Association: 5 October
Objects include: Establishment and construction of Hot Air, and Hot and Cold Water Baths at Lewes.
Capital: £1,000 divided into 100 shares of £10
Subscribers:
Beaker, Edgar
Button, William
Crosskey, Robert
Godlee, Burwood (Chairman)
Kell, William Pollhill
Lucas, John Clay
Parsons, Charles
Registered Office: 17 High Street (11 Oct)
Secretary: Charles John Braithwaite
1862 Secretary: John Smith (18 Oct)
Average number of shareholders: 46 holding 100 shares
[Women shareholders are, possibly uniquely, referred to as 'Gentlewomen'.]
Capital: increased by £500 divided into 50 shares of £10 (5 Nov)
1867 Average number of shareholders: 49 holding 126 shares (7 Oct)
1872 Average number of shareholders: 49 holding 126 shares (9 Sep)
1873 Registered Office: The Baths in Friar's Walk
1874 Secretary: Robert Crosskey
1877 Average number of shareholders: 49 holding 126 shares (30 Oct)
1881 Average number of shareholders: 45 holding 126 shares (30 Dec)
1882 Voluntary winding-up (13 Jan)
Liquidator: Frederic Colvin
1902 Dissolved under Clause 7(4): 29 July
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