Collection GB 0074 ACC/2930 - GORDONS BREWERY, ISLINGTON

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/2930

Title

GORDONS BREWERY, ISLINGTON

Date(s)

  • 1860-1982 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.16 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Messrs. Gordons Brewery was opened in the Caledonian Road, Islington in 1852. A branch was opened in Peckham in 1876. The brewery ceased trading during the early years of the First World War.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/2930 1860-1982 Collection 0.16 linear metres Gordon's Brewery , Islington

Messrs. Gordons Brewery was opened in the Caledonian Road, Islington in 1852. A branch was opened in Peckham in 1876. The brewery ceased trading during the early years of the First World War.

Received in 1991.

Records of Gordon's Brewery, 1860-1982, comprising a contract for sinking a well at the brewery premises; photocopy of photographs of Alexander Gordon and staff of brewery; copy of coloured illustration of brewery premises in Caledonian Road; copy of article on history of the company taken from the Labologists Society Journal and copy of cutting from The Building and Engineering Times 1882 regarding the entrance gates to Brewery with copy engraving.

ACC/2930/001-005

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the City of London.
English

Fit

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

The whereabouts of other surviving records of the company are unknown.
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. July to October 2009 People People by occupation Personnel Food industry personnel Brewers Architecture Buildings Commercial buildings Breweries Information sources Documents Business records Company archives Companies Gordon's Brewery , Islington Caledonian Road Islington London England UK Western Europe Europe Enterprises

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1991.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Gordon's Brewery, 1860-1982, comprising a contract for sinking a well at the brewery premises; photocopy of photographs of Alexander Gordon and staff of brewery; copy of coloured illustration of brewery premises in Caledonian Road; copy of article on history of the company taken from the Labologists Society Journal and copy of cutting from The Building and Engineering Times 1882 regarding the entrance gates to Brewery with copy engraving.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

ACC/2930/001-005

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The whereabouts of other surviving records of the company are unknown.

Finding aids

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

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area