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Company: W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd House of Fraser (One) Ltd

Registration number: SC005984

Company name: W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd
Dates in business: c 1905-1987

Company name: House of Fraser (One) Ltd
Dates in business: 1987-1988

Type of business: funeral undertakers and carriage hirers

Type of company: Limited liability company

Locations:
  • Morrison Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Montrose Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Morningside Road, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Newport Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Great Junction Street, Leith, Scotland
  • Halmyre Street, Leith, Scotland
  • Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Montagu Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • East Trinity Road, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Thirlestane Lane, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • St Alban's Road, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Strathearn Road, Edinburgh, Scotland

Company history

W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd was incorporated in c 1905 to continue the business of Paulin & Dunbar, funeral undertakers and carriage hirers, of Edinburgh, Scotland. Its registered office was in Morrison Street, and it had branch offices in Montrose Terrace and Morningside Road, and stables and works in Newport Street. In about 1909, the company acquired Peter Moir, another undertaking and carriage hiring business in Edinburgh with a branch in Great Junction Street, Leith, and stables and works in Halmyre Street, Leith. By 1913, the company had opened an additional branch office in Raeburn Place. By 1928, the company had four more branch offices: Montagu Terrace, East Trinity Road, Thirlestane Lane and St Alban's Road. In 1957, the company's branch offices were Montrose Terrace, Morningside Road, Raeburn Place, Queensferry Road, Montagu Terrace, East Trinity Road and Strathearn Road.

In 1971, the company was taken over by House of Fraser Ltd, department store retailers, of Glasgow, Scotland. The company continued trading under the name W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd until June 1987 when the name was changed to House of Fraser (One) Ltd. It was wound up voluntarily in February 1988.

Records held for W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd:

FRAS 909
Title: Combined register
Date: 1933-1987
FRAS 908
Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors and general meetings of shareholders
Date: 1980-1988
FRAS 906/4-20
Title: Head office funeral day books
Date: 1905-1951
FRAS 922
Title: Scroll funeral day books
Date: 1952-1960
FRAS 919
Title: Montrose Terrace branch office funeral day books
Date: 1905-1961
FRAS 918
Title: Indexes to Montrose Terrace branch office funeral day books
Date: 1905-1961
FRAS 920
Title: Lists of outstanding funeral accounts in Montrose Terrace branch
Date: 1920-1928
FRAS 926
Title: Morningside Road branch office funeral day books
Date: 1907-1957
FRAS 930
Title: [Great Junction Street branch office] funeral day book
Date: 1909-1932
FRAS 921
Title: Raeburn Place branch office funeral day books
Date: 1913-1963
FRAS 927
Title: T branch office funeral day books
Date: 1914-1961
FRAS 929
Title: Funeral day book
Date: 1904-1912
FRAS 928
Title: Funeral day book
Date: 1906-1912
FRAS 925/2
Title: Copy of customer invoice
Date: 1923
FRAS 913
Title: Receipt for purchase of cemetery ground
Date: 1909
FRAS 923/3-9
Title: Funeral ledgers
Date: 1905-1950
FRAS 917/2-5
Title: Indexes to funeral ledgers
Date: 1905-1946
FRAS 931
Title: Carriage hire day books
Date: 1925-1942
FRAS 916
Title: Petrol and vehicle repairs journal
Date: 1925-1971
FRAS 748
Title: General ledger
Date: 1963-1972
FRAS 910
Title: Cemetery ground title deeds books
Date: 1905-c 1947
FRAS 912
Title: Authorisation for transfer of cemetery ground to W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd
Date: 1910
FRAS 924
Title: Timetable of accounting and other office tasks
Date: c 1955

Related People and Companies:

Corporation name: Paulin & Dunbar
Dates of connection: c 1905
Connection type: W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd was incoporated c 1905 to continue the business of Paulin & Dunbar.
Corporation name: Peter Moir
Dates of connection: c 1909
Connection type: W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd acquired Peter Moir in about 1909.
Corporation name: House of Fraser Ltd
Dates of connection: 1971
Connection type: House of Fraser Ltd acquired W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd in 1971.

Access points: Undertakers - Vehicle hirers

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East Trinity Road Edinburgh Great Junction Street Halmyre Street Leith Montagu Terrace Montrose Terrace Morningside Road Morrison Street Newport Street Queensferry Road Raeburn Place Scotland St Alban's Road Strathearn Road Thirlestane Lane Undertakers Vehicle hirers