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- 1818-1991 (Creation)
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317 production units.
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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 Company (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 and Company (Publishers). In 1947 Butterworths became a public company and in 1967 it was bought by IPC.
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GB 0074 CLC/B/034-01 1818-1991 Collection 317 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 Company (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 and 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.
Records of Butterworth and Company (Publishers) Limited, including agreements, financial accounts, legal case notes, correspondence and letter books, agreements with authors, sales catalogues, papers regarding publishing, stock books, annual reports, general reports, sales ledgers, statistics, circulars, advertisements, books reviews, photographs, papers relating to staff, and historical research notes.
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.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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.
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. Documents Business records People People by occupation Personnel Communication personnel Publishers Publishing industry Publishing Information sources Butterworth and Co (Publishers) Ltd City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe
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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.
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Records of Butterworth and Company (Publishers) Limited, including agreements, financial accounts, legal case notes, correspondence and letter books, agreements with authors, sales catalogues, papers regarding publishing, stock books, annual reports, general reports, sales ledgers, statistics, circulars, advertisements, books reviews, photographs, papers relating to staff, and historical research notes.
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Accruals
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Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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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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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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.
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