Cafferata and Co.
Active: 1881 - 1930
Function: Plaster-of-paris manufacturer
Policy: (1900) Manufacturers of superfine, italian fine builders' fine and coarse plaster of paris, floor plaster, Keene's and Parian cements, agricultural gypsum, raw and calcined, terra-alba or mineral white bricks etc.
History or description: A firm established by Redmond Parker Cafferata (1847-1913) and continued, it is assumed, by his son (perhaps with other siblings) Louis William Cafferata (1875-1941)
Employees, Students & Members
Numbers: 143
Locations
Address Great Northern Plasterworks Newark-on-Trent | View on map
1886
Located at Beacon Hill Newark | View on map
1890 (Circa) - 1930 (Circa)
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Plaster of Paris Manufacturer Employing 123 Men & 20 Boys'
Listed in Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2286
Listed as 'Plaster of Paris Manufacturer'
Listed under Plaster of Paris Suppliers Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1924
Listed as 'Plaster of Paris Manufacturer'
Listed under Plaster of Paris Suppliers The London Directory, 1930 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1930
p.1188
Listed as 'Plaster-of-Paris Manufacturer'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 3377; Folio: 68; Page: 25; GSU roll: 1341807
Kelly's Directory of the Building Trades Comprising Every Trade and Profession in any way connected with Architecture and Building throughout England, Scotland and Wales, 1886 Kelly's Trades Directories
1886
Advertisements, p. 41
Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1924
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2286
The London Directory, 1930 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1930
p.1188
Citing this record
'Cafferata and Co.', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib1_1240314919, accessed 05 Oct 2023]
