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Title
Date(s)
- 1860-1982 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
0.16 linear metres
Context area
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Received in 1991.
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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.
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ACC/2930/001-005
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Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The whereabouts of other surviving records of the company are unknown.
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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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- English