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- 1729-1979 (Creation)
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72 production units.
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Biographical history
The City Offices Company Limited was incorporated in 1864 to acquire property for investment purposes in the City of London and elsewhere. Its shares were publicly quoted from the same year. It became a subsidiary of Greycoat Estates plc in 1982. The company had offices at the following addresses: 70 Cornhill, 1864-6; St Clements House, Clements Lane, 1866-1867; Palmerston Buildings (known as Palmerston House from 1902), Bishopsgate, 1867-1982.
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GB 0074 CLC/B/049 1729-1979 Collection 72 production units. City Offices Co Ltd , property investment company
The City Offices Company Limited was incorporated in 1864 to acquire property for investment purposes in the City of London and elsewhere. Its shares were publicly quoted from the same year. It became a subsidiary of Greycoat Estates plc in 1982. The company had offices at the following addresses: 70 Cornhill, 1864-6; St Clements House, Clements Lane, 1866-1867; Palmerston Buildings (known as Palmerston House from 1902), Bishopsgate, 1867-1982.
The archives were deposited in Guildhall Library by Greycoat Estates plc in October 1984 and June 1990. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of the City Offices Company Limited, comprising annual reports and accounts, minutes, financial material, rent and tenancy books and title deeds. They are held offsite and require 24 hours notice for access.
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. City Offices Co Ltd , property investment company Property Property companies Finance Investment Real estate investment Information sources Documents Business records Enterprises Companies Investment companies City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The archives were deposited in Guildhall Library by Greycoat Estates plc in October 1984 and June 1990. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Scope and content
Records of the City Offices Company Limited, comprising annual reports and accounts, minutes, financial material, rent and tenancy books and title deeds. They are held offsite and require 24 hours notice for access.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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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
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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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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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- English