BUTTERWORTH AND COMPANY (PUBLISHERS) LIMITED - AIM25

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/034

Title

BUTTERWORTH AND COMPANY (PUBLISHERS) LIMITED

Date(s)

1801-1991 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

407 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Butterworth and Co (Publishers) Ltd

Biographical history

Butterworth and Company (Publishers) of 7 Fleet street 1818-99, 12 Bell Yard 1899-1912, 4-6 Bell Yard 1912-53, 88 Kingsway 1955-94, Borough Green, Kent 1973-95, and Halbury House, 35 Chancery Lane 1994-.

The business was founded in 1818 by Henry Butterworth who sold both his own publications and many other law books. The firm was first known as Henry Butterworth, law bookseller and publisher; but from the 1850s was variously known as Messrs Butterworth, Messrs Butterworth and Co and Messrs Butterworth and Son though it appears in London directories from 1853 as Henry Butterworth and Co. On the death of Joshua Whitehead Butterworth (Henry's son) in 1895, the firm was bought by Shaw and Sons, law printers and publishers. The new business was known as Butterworth and Co and owned by Charles Bond, soon succeeded by his son Stanley Shaw Bond. The company has been known colloquially (in the twentieth century at least) as Butterworths.

Limited companies were set up from 1910 onwards to trade in the empire and dominions but the principal UK firm was not set up as a limited company until 1927 when Stanley Shaw Bond changed the name of Butterworth and Co. (Canada) to Butterworth and Company (Publishers) and increased the authorised capital to £250,000. Butterworths remained a group of separate companies with Bond as the sole shareholder of each company until his death in 1943. The company structure was then rationalised with the smaller companies becoming subsidiaries of Butterworth & Company (Publishers). In 1947 Butterworths became a public company and in 1967 it was bought by IPC.

Repository

The London Archives

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/034 1801-1991 Collection 407 production units. Butterworth and Co (Publishers) Ltd

Butterworth and Company (Publishers) of 7 Fleet street 1818-99, 12 Bell Yard 1899-1912, 4-6 Bell Yard 1912-53, 88 Kingsway 1955-94, Borough Green, Kent 1973-95, and Halbury House, 35 Chancery Lane 1994-.

The business was founded in 1818 by Henry Butterworth who sold both his own publications and many other law books. The firm was first known as Henry Butterworth, law bookseller and publisher; but from the 1850s was variously known as Messrs Butterworth, Messrs Butterworth and Co and Messrs Butterworth and Son though it appears in London directories from 1853 as Henry Butterworth and Co. On the death of Joshua Whitehead Butterworth (Henry's son) in 1895, the firm was bought by Shaw and Sons, law printers and publishers. The new business was known as Butterworth and Co and owned by Charles Bond, soon succeeded by his son Stanley Shaw Bond. The company has been known colloquially (in the twentieth century at least) as Butterworths.

Limited companies were set up from 1910 onwards to trade in the empire and dominions but the principal UK firm was not set up as a limited company until 1927 when Stanley Shaw Bond changed the name of Butterworth and Co. (Canada) to Butterworth and Company (Publishers) and increased the authorised capital to £250,000. Butterworths remained a group of separate companies with Bond as the sole shareholder of each company until his death in 1943. The company structure was then rationalised with the smaller companies becoming subsidiaries of Butterworth & Company (Publishers). In 1947 Butterworths became a public company and in 1967 it was bought by IPC.

The records were deposited in Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section in 1991-2 and 2003. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Papers of Butterworth and Company (Publishers) Limited, including papers of predecessors, subsidiaries and associated companies as follows:

Butterworth and Co. (Canada);
Butterworth and Co. (Australia);
Butterworth and Co. (New Zealand);
Butterworth and Co. (India);
Butterworth and Co. (Overseas);
Butterworth and Co. (South Africa)(Pty);
Butterworths Scientific Publications;
Butterworths Technical Books;
Charles Bond Ltd;
Chemindex Ltd;
Clowes (Wm) and Sons;
Coke Press;
R J Acford Ltd;
Research and Development Ltd;
Shaw and Sons;
Butterworth, Inc;
Justice of the Peace, Ltd.

All records are on 24 hour call. Access to records post 1965 should be sought from the depositor (contact details available from staff).

CLC/B/034-01: Butterworth and Co. (Publishers);
CLC/B/034-03: Butterworth and Co. (Australia);
CLC/B/034-04: Butterworth and Co. (New Zealand);
CLC/B/034-05 Butterworth and Co. (India);
CLC/B/034-06: Butterworth and Co. (Overseas);
CLC/B/034-07: Butterworth and Co. (South Africa)(Pty);
CLC/B/034-08: Butterworth's Scientific Publications;
CLC/B/034-09: Butterworth's Technical Books;
CLC/B/034-10: Charles Bond Ltd;
CLC/B/034-11: Chemindex Ltd;
CLC/B/034-12: William Clowes and Sons;
CLC/B/034-13: Coke Press;
CLC/B/034-14: R J Acford Ltd;
CLC/B/034-15: Research and Development Ltd;
CLC/B/034-16: Shaw and Sons Ltd;
CLC/B/034-17: Butterworth, Inc;
CLC/B/034-18 Justice of the Peace, Ltd.

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

See also Butterworth Family (CLC/431).

For further details of the company and the books published see Butterworths, History of a Publishing House (1980) (Guildhall Library reference SL07.1) by H. Kay Jones. A second edition was published in 1997 by Gorden Graham.

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. Butterworth and Co (South Africa) (Pty) , publisher India Southern Africa South Africa Oceania Australia R J Acford Ltd , legal printers Research and Development Ltd , scientific publishers Shaw and Sons Ltd , publishers Butterworth Inc , American subsidiary of Butterworth and Co (Publishers) Ltd Justice of the Peace Ltd , journal publisher Butterworth and Co (Publishers) Ltd Coke Press , publishers of "The Law Journal" William Clowes and Sons , law publishers Chemindex Ltd , publishers Charles Bond Ltd , legal publisher Butterworths Technical Books , publishers of the journal "Fuel" Butterworth and Co (Overseas) , publishers Butterworths Scientific Publications Butterworth and Co (India) Ltd , medical and legal publishers Butterworth and Co (Australia) , publishers Butterworth and Co (New Zealand) , publishers Butterworth and Co (Canada) , publishers Publishing of periodicals Medical publishing Printing Information sources Documents Business records People People by occupation Personnel Communication personnel Publishers Publishing industry Publishing Legal publishing Industry Manufacturing industry Printing industry South Asia Canada North America USA City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe New Zealand

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The records were deposited in Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section in 1991-2 and 2003. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of Butterworth and Company (Publishers) Limited, including papers of predecessors, subsidiaries and associated companies as follows:

Butterworth and Co. (Canada);
Butterworth and Co. (Australia);
Butterworth and Co. (New Zealand);
Butterworth and Co. (India);
Butterworth and Co. (Overseas);
Butterworth and Co. (South Africa)(Pty);
Butterworths Scientific Publications;
Butterworths Technical Books;
Charles Bond Ltd;
Chemindex Ltd;
Clowes (Wm) and Sons;
Coke Press;
R J Acford Ltd;
Research and Development Ltd;
Shaw and Sons;
Butterworth, Inc;
Justice of the Peace, Ltd.

All records are on 24 hour call. Access to records post 1965 should be sought from the depositor (contact details available from staff).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

CLC/B/034-01: Butterworth and Co. (Publishers);
CLC/B/034-03: Butterworth and Co. (Australia);
CLC/B/034-04: Butterworth and Co. (New Zealand);
CLC/B/034-05 Butterworth and Co. (India);
CLC/B/034-06: Butterworth and Co. (Overseas);
CLC/B/034-07: Butterworth and Co. (South Africa)(Pty);
CLC/B/034-08: Butterworth's Scientific Publications;
CLC/B/034-09: Butterworth's Technical Books;
CLC/B/034-10: Charles Bond Ltd;
CLC/B/034-11: Chemindex Ltd;
CLC/B/034-12: William Clowes and Sons;
CLC/B/034-13: Coke Press;
CLC/B/034-14: R J Acford Ltd;
CLC/B/034-15: Research and Development Ltd;
CLC/B/034-16: Shaw and Sons Ltd;
CLC/B/034-17: Butterworth, Inc;
CLC/B/034-18 Justice of the Peace, Ltd.

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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

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Finding aids

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

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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.

Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/034 - BUTTERWORTH AND COMPANY (PUBLISHERS) LIMITED