Collection GB 0074 LMA/4453/Z - DOUGLAS RITCHIE LIMITED

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4453/Z

Title

DOUGLAS RITCHIE LIMITED

Date(s)

  • 1945-1970 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.08 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Douglas Ritchie Limited was incorporated in July 1946 as a family construction company located in Welford-upon-Avon. Its directors were Major Douglas C. Ritchie and Mr. J. Pridding who were also the principle share holders along with Douglas Ritchie's wife Mrs. O.M. Ritchie.

Douglas Ritchie Limited was purchased by Flowers Breweries Limited in 1958 and subsequently became part of the Whitbread organisation when Flowers Breweries Limited was acquired in 1962.

Archival history

GB 0074 LMA/4453/Z 1945-1970 Collection 0.08 linear metres Douglas Ritchie Ltd , construction company

Douglas Ritchie Limited was incorporated in July 1946 as a family construction company located in Welford-upon-Avon. Its directors were Major Douglas C. Ritchie and Mr. J. Pridding who were also the principle share holders along with Douglas Ritchie's wife Mrs. O.M. Ritchie.

Douglas Ritchie Limited was purchased by Flowers Breweries Limited in 1958 and subsequently became part of the Whitbread organisation when Flowers Breweries Limited was acquired in 1962.

Received in 2001 as a gift.

Records of Douglas Ritchie Limited, construction company, including papers relating to the acquisition of the Company by Flowers Brewery, accounts and annual returns, and correspondence relating to planning and building.

Records arranged in one series: LMA/4453/Z/01: Correspondence and accounts.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.

English

Fit

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

See also reference LMA/4453/W (Flowers Breweries).

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 2009 to February 2010 Company archives People People by occupation Personnel Food industry personnel Brewers Business records Industrial economics Industrial policy Mergers Information sources Documents Financial records Management operations Douglas Ritchie Ltd , construction company Business acquisitions Industry Construction industry Construction engineering Building operations Building construction Welford-on-Avon Warwickshire England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 2001 as a gift.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Douglas Ritchie Limited, construction company, including papers relating to the acquisition of the Company by Flowers Brewery, accounts and annual returns, and correspondence relating to planning and building.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged in one series: LMA/4453/Z/01: Correspondence and accounts.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See also reference LMA/4453/W (Flowers Breweries).

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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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