Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/020 - BAGSHAW AND COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/020

Title

BAGSHAW AND COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1854-1989 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

33 production units comprising 24 volumes, 3 files, 3 folders, 1 bundle, 1 box and 1 envelope.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

This firm of chartered accountants specialised in shipping insurance work and the audit of shipowners protection and indemnity associations. It was founded in 1835 by William Edward Bagshaw. Bagshaw's two sons were admitted as partners in 1891 and 1903.

The firm was called:

  • Broom and Bagshaw (1835-54),
  • Broom, Bagshaw and Westcott (1855-65),
  • Bagshaw and Westcott (1866-7),
  • Bagshaw, Westcott and Johnson (1867-76),
  • William Edward Bagshaw (1876-80),
  • Bagshaw and Co. (1880-1987), and
  • Bagshaws (1987-).

    In May 1991 the firm amalgamated with Moore Stephens. The firm was based at 70 Aldermanbury (1835-8), 35 Coleman Street (1839-78), 10 Moorgate (1878-81), St Michael's House, 1 St Michael's Alley, Cornhill (1881-1916), 6 Crosby Square, Bishopsgate (1917-19), 63 and 64 New Broad Street (1920-41), 17 St Helen's Place (1942-5) and 3 St Helen's Place (1946-).

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/020 1854-1989 Collection 33 production units comprising 24 volumes, 3 files, 3 folders, 1 bundle, 1 box and 1 envelope. Bagshaw and Co , chartered accountants

This firm of chartered accountants specialised in shipping insurance work and the audit of shipowners protection and indemnity associations. It was founded in 1835 by William Edward Bagshaw. Bagshaw's two sons were admitted as partners in 1891 and 1903.

The firm was called:

  • Broom and Bagshaw (1835-54),
  • Broom, Bagshaw and Westcott (1855-65),
  • Bagshaw and Westcott (1866-7),
  • Bagshaw, Westcott and Johnson (1867-76),
  • William Edward Bagshaw (1876-80),
  • Bagshaw and Co. (1880-1987), and
  • Bagshaws (1987-).

    In May 1991 the firm amalgamated with Moore Stephens. The firm was based at 70 Aldermanbury (1835-8), 35 Coleman Street (1839-78), 10 Moorgate (1878-81), St Michael's House, 1 St Michael's Alley, Cornhill (1881-1916), 6 Crosby Square, Bishopsgate (1917-19), 63 and 64 New Broad Street (1920-41), 17 St Helen's Place (1942-5) and 3 St Helen's Place (1946-).

    The firm's archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1993. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

    Records of Bagshaw and Company, chartered accountants, including partnership agreements; minutes of meetings; financial accounts; and personal papers of William Edward Bagshaw.

    Access to records less than 40 years old should be sought from Moore Stephens (contact details may be obtained from staff).

    Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

    Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

    Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

    English

    Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

    Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

    November 2010 to January 2011. Maritime insurance Articles of partnership Information sources Documents Business records People People by occupation Business people Accountants Occupations Accountancy Insurance Finance Bagshaw and Co , chartered accountants City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The firm's archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1993. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Bagshaw and Company, chartered accountants, including partnership agreements; minutes of meetings; financial accounts; and personal papers of William Edward Bagshaw.

Access to records less than 40 years old should be sought from Moore Stephens (contact details may be obtained from staff).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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