1. IOR/L/L/2/969-1170
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/L/2/969-1170
- Title:
- Ratcliff Saltpetre Warehouses
- Scope & Content:
- The East India Company saltpetre warehouses at Ratcliff stood on ground to the south of Cock Hill leased from the Coopers' Company in 1770. They were destroyed in July 1794 when a fire spread from a neighbouring barge builder's premises and set light to part of the saltpetre stock causing an expl...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1540-1844
- Extent:
- 202 files