Sheffield Assay Office

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1714-2002
Places:	Sheffield, Yorkshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central) > Royal Mint
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C72797 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O48608 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1773-2002: records incl minutes and day books	Sheffield City Archives	SAO	NRA 14305
2	1868-1928: notes kept by Bernard Watson, Sheffield Assay Master	Sheffield Assay Office	BWB
3	1714-1930: records of Arthur E Westwood and Hamil Westwood, both former Birmingham Assay Masters	Sheffield City Archives	SAO
4	19th-20th cent: silversmiths pattern books	Sheffield City Archives	SAO	See Annual Return 2008
5	1833-2002: records of Branson & Bramley, solicitors, rel to Sheffield Assay Office: undertakings by firms; wardens' oaths 1905-1941; securities 1929-1983; deeds and land certificates relating to Portobello Street (premises of Sheffield Assay Office); cases for the opinion of counsel 1899-1930; objections to trade marks from 1939; pension trust deeds	Sheffield City Archives	SAO	See Annual Return 2008
6	1908: notes, reports and papers on a special meeting of the Guardians of the Standard of Wrought Plate within the township of Sheffield made by Walter Sissons, a former Guardian	Sheffield City Archives	SAO	See Annual Return 2008
7	20th cent: designs for the badge of office by Charles Holliday, designer for James Dixon and Sons of Sheffield, silversmiths	Sheffield Assay Office	SAO	See Annual Return 2008