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        • UF Capital markets
        • UF Stock exchange
        • UF Bourse
        • UF Bourse des valeurs
        • UF Bourse des valeurs mobilières
        • UF Marché boursier
        • UF Marché des capitaux
        • UF Bolsa
        • UF Bolsa de valores
        • UF Mercado bursátil
        • UF Mercado de capitales
        • UF Mercado de valores

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          114 Archival description results for Financial markets

          GB 0074 CLC/269 · Collection · 19--

          Notes relating to London coffee houses, including a bundle of correspondence between Wulcko and B Lillywhite, author of London Coffee Houses. Also drafts of various unpublished articles relating to the topography of Threadneedle Street, Sweetings Rents and Sweetings Alley and an article on the site and early history of the Stock Exchange of 1773.

          Wulcko , Laurance Marriott , 1901-1977 , local historian
          GB 0074 LMA/4434/Y · Collection · 1949-1977

          Records of Wine Ways (Supermarkets) Limited, drinks retailer, including directors' meetings minute books (including board meetings); register of members, directors and secretaries; papers relating to shares and shareholders; register of uses of the company seal; and financial accounts.

          Wine Ways (Supermarkets) Ltd , drinks retailer
          GB 0074 LMA/4453/B · Collection · 1770-1965

          Accounts records of Whitbread and Company Limited, brewers, including Company accounts books (1815-1959) together with the annual copies of accounts and balance sheets issued to the director from 1890 through to 1952, statement of expenditure books from Britannia Street (1913-1922), cash books (1770-1959), deposit and depreciation ledgers (1916-1949 and 1938-1951 respectively), loan diaries and applications (1885-1919), securities ledgers and shares registers along with an unbroken series of rest books from 1799 through to 1918 with an additional series of rest books from 1941 to 1956.

          Also included are accounts, cash and rent books from some of public houses owned by Whitbread and Company plus a variety of ledgers and journals regarding corporate finances both general and private.

          Whitbread and Co Ltd , brewers
          GB 0074 B/WHF · Collection · 1752-1972

          Records of Whiffen and Son Ltd, manufacturing chemists, 1752-1972, including history of the company; articles of partnership and other contracts and agreements; legal documents relating to property; correspondence; circulars; financial accounts; papers relating to shares and shareholders; stock records; newspaper cuttings; photographs; staff wages books and pensions papers; records relating to staff associations and sports clubs including minute books; reports on chemical manufacture, laboratory notebooks and chemical analyses; papers relating to sales; papers relating to imports and foreign suppliers; advertisements; registers of product labels; samples of packaging; rules, regulations and legislation regarding factories and safety measures; papers regarding the Second World War including war damage to factories and papers relating to staff on active duty.

          Also records of Saint Amand Manufacturing Company Limited including ledgers, letter books and journals.

          Whiffen and Son Ltd , manufacturing chemists St Amand Manufacturing Co Ltd
          GB 0074 B/NTG-8 · Collection · 1845-1870 (property records span 1712-1894).

          Records of the Western (Cannel) Gas Light Company, including half yearly reports and accounts submitted by the Directors of the Western Gas Light Company Limited to the shareholders; certificates of registration of the company; return of schedule to the deed of settlement, showing name, address and profession of shareholders; list of proprietors of the company, showing name, address and number of shares held by each; assignment of debts and shares as security for repayment; contract for lighting part of Notting Hill lighting district; agreements and licences for laying mains in various districts; schedule of deeds, drafts and correspondence for company premises in various locations including Kensington, Westminster, Marylebone and Kensal Green.

          Western (Cannel) Gas Light Company
          GB 0074 ACC/2558/WM/A · Collection · 1770-1976

          Corporate records of the West Middlesex Waterworks Company, including Board of Directors minutes; General Assembly minutes; Committee minutes; letter books and correspondence; legal papers; records relating to stocks and shares; files on Royal Commissions on water supply; and general files of the Secretary.

          West Middlesex Waterworks Company
          WEST MIDDLESEX WATER WORKS
          GB 0074 ACC/1024 · Collection · 1841-1843

          Declaration of trusts of £2,400 capital stock (being 24 shares) in the West Middlesex Water Works, assigned for securing £1,400, for Charles Lestock Boileau of Castleneau, esq. and William Tierney Clark of Hammersmith, engineer, 1841; with absolute assignment of the same for £1,120, 1843.

          West Middlesex Water Works
          WATERLOO BRIDGE COMPANY
          GB 0074 O/515 · Collection · 1843

          Records of the Waterloo Bridge Company comprising Annuity transfer certificates and Share Transfer Certificate from Ann Neild to William Ashton Nield, 1843.

          Waterloo Bridge Company
          W. BARNETT (merchants)
          GB 0074 O/209 · Collection · [1850]-1878

          Records of W Barnett and Company, including letter from Messrs Dale and Stretton, Gray's Inn Square, inviting applications for debenture stock of the London Bridge Land Company, Ltd. secured on the freehold estate of the Company at London Bridge, 1865; sales particulars of 9 Fleet Street with rear premises abutting on Hare Court, Temple, 1878; poster and handbill issued by W. Barnett and Company, advertising passages to Australia and other destinations, c 1850-1860.

          W Barnett and Co , merchants, shipping and general agents
          VICTORIA WINE-TYLERS LIMITED
          GB 0074 LMA/4434/V · Collection · 1882-1989

          Records of Victoria Wine Company Limited, including directors' meetings minute books; agenda books; minutes of Divisonal Management meetings; minutes of Ordinary General Meetings, shareholders meetings and Extraordinary General Meetings; registers of members, directors, secretaries, transfers and annual returns; seal books; registers of shareholders; memorandum and article of association for Victoria Wine Company Limited; annual returns; financial accounts.

          Records relating to associated companies including memorandum and articles of association for GEVSO Limited; report of directors for Valentine Charles Limited; financial accounts of Aylward and Sons Limited and financial accounts of Silk and Son Limited.

          Also papers relating to the transfer of property between associated companies, including Ind Coope to Victoria Wine-Tyler.

          Victoria Wine Co Ltd Victoria Wine-Tylers Ltd
          GB 0074 LMA/4434/F · Collection · 194--197-

          Records of Valentine Charles (Holdings) Ltd, wine merchants, including directors' meeting minute books; board meeting minute books; combined register of directors, shares and members; and share certificate books including preference shares, ordinary shares and fully paid shares.

          Valentine Charles (Holdings) Ltd , wine merchants
          T. T. CURWEN AND SONS
          GB 0074 CLC/B/211 · Collection · 1860-1951

          Records of T T Curwen and Sons, stock and share brokers, including correspondence; notebooks giving details of transactions; and address books.

          T.T. Curwen and Sons , stock and share broker
          GB 0074 CLC/B/192/C · Collection · 1720-1890

          Records of the Sun Insurance Office relating to shares and investments; including share ledgers; share transfer registers; dividend books and ledgers; stock books; and legal opinion relating to shareholding in the company.

          THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.

          Sun Fire Office x Sun Insurance Office Ltd x Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd x Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group
          GB 0074 ACC/2305/07-1 · Collection · 1899-1970

          Corporate records of Style and Winch Limited, brewers, including minutes of Board and general meetings; minutes of joint committee with the Dartford Brewery and the Royal Brewery Brentford; registers of members, shares, mortgages, sealing, and directors; trust deeds; articles of association; directors' reports and accounts; and agreements.

          Style and Winch Ltd , brewers
          STOCK EXCHANGE
          GB 0074 CLC/B/004 · Collection · 1798-1990

          Records of the London Stock Exchange dating from 1798. IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

          Records include transcript of the deed of settlement of the Stock Exchange; minutes of the General Purposes Committee and various sub-committees; minutes of the Trustees and Managers; minutes of the Council; minutes of the Federation of Stock Exchanges Committees; administrative records including legal papers, notices, circulars, letters and correspondence, petitions, and reports; financial records including stamp duty books, journals and cash books; applications for membership; members lists and registers; clerks registers; membership statistics; applications for listing; reports regarding applications for permission to deal; papers regarding opposition to listing of certain companies; papers of the Department for the Administration of Defaulters' Estates; specifications, plans and elevations of Exchange buildings; photographs of senior staff from 1886-1900; and a short history (in manuscript) written in 1932.

          The manuscript archives of the Exchange are immediately available for research with the exception of the "Applications for Listing" (CLC/B/004/MS18000 and CLC/B/004/MS18000A) which are available by appointment only.

          London Stock Exchange
          STAR BREWERY
          GB 0074 ACC/2305/46 · Collection · 1947-1971

          Records of the Star Brewery Company Limited, including correspondence and papers; memorandum of association (Oct 1886) with articles of association (Sept 1966); draft agreement for sale to Courage, Barclay and Simonds 1967; papers relating to shares; and report and valuation for Courage, Barclay and Simonds.

          Star Brewery Company Ltd , brewers
          GB 0074 ACC/2558/SR/A · Collection · 1889-1904

          Corporate records of the Staines Reservoir Joint Committee, including Committee meeting attendance books, proceedings books and minutes; legal papers relating to property, rating, water supply, stocks and shares, Parliamentary issues and contracts; correspondence and debenture stock volumes.

          Staines Reservoir Joint Committee
          GB 0074 ACC/2558/SV/01 · Collection · 1797-1906

          Corporate records of the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company, including Board meeting minute books; Committee meeting minute books; Secretary's reports; correspondence and letter books; solicitor's accounts; legal papers; records relating to stocks and shares; registers of probates; mortgage records and contracts records.

          Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company
          GB 0074 ACC/2558/SV/08 · Collection · 1805-1950

          Records of the South London Waterworks Company (later the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company) including papers relating to shares; minutes of Director's meetings; stock certificates; papers relating to works and papers relating to a lawsuit.

          Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company South London Waterworks Company
          GB 0097 SR 1073 · 1721

          Printed reports of the House of Commons Committee of Secrecy, 1721, appointed to enquire into the 'Act for Enabling the South Sea Company to increase their present capital stock by redeeming such publick debts and incumbrances...and for calling in Exchequer Bills remaining uncancelled...'.

          House of Commons
          GB 0097 SR 0083 · [1711], 1720

          Notebook containing a draft address to Robert, Earl of Oxford, by the subscription commission of the Corporation for carrying on trade to the South Seas, [1711], including a list of subscribers of more than £3,000. The names of Governors and Directors of the Corporation are indicated by a mark in the margin. The last page of the book has been reused for personal accounts, including the purchase of female mourning clothes, 1720.

          South Sea Company x Corporation for carrying on trade to the South Seas
          GB 0097 SMITH · [1895-1910]

          Papers of Charles William Smith, [1895-1910], comprising papers, correspondence and press cuttings relating to stock exchange speculation.

          Smith , Charles William , fl 1893-1912 , writer on economics
          SHEPTON MALLET TSI
          GB 0074 ACC/2305/39 · Collection · 1962-1969

          Records of Shepton Mallet Town Street Investments Limited, property developers, comprising papers and correspondence about creation and liquidation of company; cancelled share certificates; memorandum and articles of association and Directors' report and accounts.

          Shepton Mallet Town Street Investments Ltd , property developers
          SHEPPARDS AND CHASE
          GB 0074 CLC/B/198 · Collection · [1818?]-1935

          Records of Sheppards and Chase, stockbrokers, comprising clients' ledgers 1851-1864 and 1893-1907; stock transaction records 1845-1935 and private ledgers 1854-95.

          The records of Price and Pott comprise accounts 1869-84 and a clients' ledger 1850-1854.

          Two volumes of accounts 1834-1847 and 1859-1874 have been attributed to the firm of Scott, Corthorn and Scott by internal evidence.

          The records of Cannon, Pelly and Allcard and its predecessors comprise a list of principals ca. 1848-58 and client ledgers 1845-9, 1851-60.

          The records of George Davidge and John H. Davidge comprise client lists ca. 1818-54.

          24 HOURS NOTICE IS REQUIRED FOR ACCESS TO THESE RECORDS

          Sheppards and Chase , stockbrokers
          GB 0074 ACC/2305/06-1 · Collection · 1890-1960

          Corporate records of the Royal Brewery Brentford Limited, including Directors' meetings minutes; agreements; share records; registers of seals; articles of association; and annual reports and accounts.

          Royal Brewery Brentford Ltd
          GB 0074 CLC/B/187 · Collection · 1952-1969

          Records of Read, Hurst-Brown and Company, stockbrokers, comprising ledgers and associated papers, 1952-1969 and a general ledger and balance sheets of Read, Hurst-Brown and Company Service Company, 1957-1963.

          Please note that the archive is subject to a 40-year closure rule which means that permission must be sought from the donor for access to material less than 40 years old. Readers wishing to consult restricted material should consult a member of staff.

          Read, Hurst-Brown and Co , stockbrokers
          GB 0074 B/NTG-10 · Collection · 1823-1875 (property records span 1729-1932).

          Records of the Ratcliff Gas Light and Coke Company, including Bill and Act (4 Geo. IV cap. xcviii) for lighting with gas the parishes of St. Botolph, Aldgate, St. Paul, Shadwell, and parts of St. George-in-the-East, St. John, Wapping, Mile End Old Town and Ratcliff, 1823; notices; particulars of sale of shares in the company; agreements and contracts; papers relating to legal actions and lawsuits; correspondence; and papers relating to Company premises in Stepney and Wapping.

          Ratcliff Gas Light and Coke Company
          GB 0074 CLC/B/185 · Collection · 1848-1948

          Records of the predecessor companies of stockbrokers Quilter Goodison and Company Limited; comprising a day book and ledgers.

          Various.
          PRINCE BRINDLEY LIMITED
          GB 0074 LMA/4434/D · Collection · 1961-1968

          Records of Prince Brindley Limited, wine and spirit merchants, comprising register of members (including share transfers, register of directors and secretaries) and share certificates.

          Prince Brindley Ltd , wine and spirit merchants
          PEMBER AND BOYLE
          GB 0074 CLC/B/163-03 · Collection · 1936-1978

          Records of Pember and Boyle, stock and share brokers, including ledgers, and records of stock prices and yields.

          Details of how to access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from a member of staff.

          Pember and Boyle , stock and share brokers
          P G WARD AND COMPANY LIMITED
          GB 0074 LMA/4434/W · Collection · 194--1970

          Records of P G Ward and Company Limited, comprising register of members and shares; certificate of incorporation; share certificates and change of director and company situation forms.

          P G Ward and Co Ltd
          Notes on Japanese exchanges
          GB 0096 MS 412 · 1885-1886

          Manuscript notes on the Japanese exchanges and markets made for Professor Herbert Somerton Foxwell by Juichi Soyeda, a Japanese banker, in 1885-1886.

          Soyeda , Juichi , 1864-1929 , Japanese banker
          GB 0097 NORRIS OAKLEY · Collection · c1880s-1940

          Ledgers of London stockbrokers Oakley Norris Bros, 1880s-1940.

          Norris Oakley Bros
          GB 0074 ACC/2558/NR/07 · Collection · 1754-1905

          Records of the New River Company relating to stocks and shares, including registers; dividends receipt books; pamphlets; ledgers; indemnities; share transfers; certificates and reports.

          New River Company
          GB 0074 ACC/2558/NR/13 · Collection · 1609-1969

          Records of the New River Company which were separated from the main collection and used for exhibitions, including minutes; papers of the Surveyor; papers of the Engineer; negotiations for the supply of water; property papers; correspondence; reports; royal charters; agreements; legal papers; newspaper cuttings; papers relating to shares; contracts and specifications of works; and papers relating to staff.

          New River Company
          NEW RIVER COMPANY
          GB 0074 ACC/1262 · Collection · 1697

          Records of the New River Company, comprising lease of a watercourse from main water pipe at back side of Saint Clement Danes to the private dwelling house of Thomas Dows, gentleman, 1697.

          New River Company
          NATHAN AND ROSSELLI
          GB 0074 CLC/B/134-06 · Collection · 1833-1969

          Records of Nathan and Rosselli, stockbrokers, comprising mainly financial material and staff and client papers.

          The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access. Some records are also subject to a 75 year closure period.

          Nathan and Rosselli , stockbrokers
          MULLENS AND COMPANY
          GB 0074 CLC/B/165 · Collection · 1810-1966

          Records of Mullens and Company, stockbrokers and H M Government brokers, comprising: partnership deeds and related papers, 1862-1964; papers re the formation of an unlimited company, 1946-1965; operational records, c 1850-1954; financial records, 1815-1966; records relating to staff, 1916-48; property records, 1934-1951, and family papers, 1706-1922.

          Information on access to records less than 40 years old is available from a member of staff.

          Mullens and Co , stockbrokers and H.M. Government brokers
          GB 0074 CLC/B/163 · Collection · 1854-1978

          Records of Morgan Grenfell and Company Limited, merchant bankers, their predecessors, and companies they took over; comprising ledgers, journals, letter books, correspondence and other papers.

          Access to all the records is restricted to persons with written permission from the depositor (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

          Morgan Grenfell and Co Limited , merchant bankers
          MOCATTA AND GOLDSMID LIMITED
          GB 0074 CLC/B/161 · Collection · 1762-1947

          Records of Mocatta and Goldsmid Limited, bullion brokers, comprising: partnership records, 1874-1930, financial records, 1762-1947; agreements, contracts and related papers, 1912-36; records relating to B E Mocatta, 1913-22; correspondence, 1798-1817; and miscellaneous items, 1883-1945.

          Mocatta and Goldsmid Ltd , bullion brokers
          GB 0096 AL397 · Fonds · 1824

          Letter from John Thornton Leslie-Melville of Old Broad Street, [London] to J D Powles, 10 Dec 1824. Stating that he does not wish to injure the market, but at the same time wishes Powles to sell 100 more of his (Melville's) Colombian mine shares at the first favorable opportunity, as his broker says that 50 shares had been sold that morning at £19 10s.

          Autograph, with signature.

          Melville , John Thornton , Leslie- , 1786-1876 , 9th Earl of Leven and 8th Earl of Melville x Leslie-Melville , John Thornton
          McLean, David
          GB 0102 MS 380401 · Created 1862-1889

          Ten original letterbooks, 1862-1889, of David McLean, containing copies of his family and official business correspondence during his career with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. They provide an insight into the work and dealings of a British banker involved in trading with the Far East. The business correspondence is concerned with the condition of stocks and shares of various companies. The family letters are about personal financial matters.

          McLean , David , 1833-1908 , banker
          MCGEORGE AND HEPPENSTALL
          GB 0074 ACC/2305/76 · Collection · 1940-1979

          Records of McGeorge and Heppenstalls Limited, brewers, including register of probates and transfers; shareholder's dividends and share and stockholders legder.

          McGeorge and Heppenstalls Ltd , brewers
          GB 0074 O/135 · Collection · 1896

          Records of Maynards Limited, confectioners, comprising prospectus, 1896; application form for preference shares, 1896 and application form for ordinary shares, 1896.

          Records of Gray and Gilbert Limited, wholesale and retail traders in grocery and provisions, comprising prospectus, 1896 and application form for preference shares, 1896.

          Maynards Limited , confectioners Gray and Gilbert Limited , wholesale and retail traders in grocery and provisions
          GB 0074 B/MMN · Collection · 1711-1948

          Records of May May and Merriman, solicitors, 1711-1948, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to the following estates or families: Allpress; Bacon; Chapple; Trustees of late Henry Clark; Captain Earl; Harvey; Morgan/Gooch; Newman; Pearson Trustees; Popham; Harper; General Popham; and Richards. Documents relate to property, financial dealings, marriages, bequests, bills and share dealing.

          May, May and Merriman , solicitors
          LONDON SHIPPING EXCHANGE
          GB 0074 CLC/B/021-2 · Collection · 1892-1903

          Records of the London Shipping Exchange, including financial accounts such as cash books, ledgers, and registers of shares; letter books; members' registers; and papers concerning the liquidation of the Exchange.

          London Shipping Exchange , 1892-1903
          LONDON COAL EXCHANGE
          GB 0074 CLC/B/227-123 · Collection · 1764-1790

          Account book of the clerk of the Coal Exchange. The book includes receipts include money for shares, with names of subscribers; market dues paid by non-proprietors; interest on capital; rents of parts of the premises; and rents of offices in the Exchange, with names of tenants.

          Payments include the purchase of the site; building and maintenance work; wages and salaries; cleaning, lighting, watching, and winding the clock; rates, taxes and insurance; half-yearly dinners; newspapers; dividends, with recipients' names.

          From 1781 there are receipts and payments towards a 'New Room', funded by subscription.

          The Coal Exchange and Market , Corporation of London
          GB 0074 ACC/2558/LB/01 · Collection · 1703-1904

          Corporate records of the London Bridge Waterworks Company, including Committee of Managers minute books; General Meetings of the Proprietors minute books; shareholders register; stock ledgers and transfer books and dividend books.

          London Bridge Waterworks Company
          LAWN AND ALDER LIMITED
          GB 0074 ACC/2305/45 · Collection · 1948-1979

          Records of Lawn and Alder Limited, wine merchants, including Board and general meeting minutes; register of members, directors, etc, annual returns under Companies Acts, and including register of seals; share transfer certificates; memorandum and articles of association and papers in liquidation with returns to Registrar of Companies and accounts.

          Lawn and Alder Ltd , wine merchants