Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/109-01 - H. BARBER AND SON LIMITED

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/109-01

Title

H. BARBER AND SON LIMITED

Date(s)

  • 1904-1981 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

43 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Henry Barber traded as a salmon factor from 1841. By 1855 he had a stand in Billingsgate market and by 1880 had leased shop 7 where the business remained until it went into voluntary liquidation in 1979. The limited company was formed in April 1925. It specialised in salmon, but also dealt in eels through subsidiaries.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/109-01 1904-1981 Collection 43 production units. H Barber and Son Ltd , traders in salmon and eels

Henry Barber traded as a salmon factor from 1841. By 1855 he had a stand in Billingsgate market and by 1880 had leased shop 7 where the business remained until it went into voluntary liquidation in 1979. The limited company was formed in April 1925. It specialised in salmon, but also dealt in eels through subsidiaries.

Deposited at Guildhall Library in 1982. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of H Barber and Son Limited, traders in salmon and eels, including articles of association; minutes of meetings; financial accounts; papers relating to fisheries and fishing rights in Ireland; papers relating to property including premises at Billingsgate Market; and correspondence.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

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

Records of subsidiary companies:
CLC/B/109-02: D. and J. Barber (Eels) Limited;
CLC/B/109-03: Braddan Fishing Company Limited;
CLC/B/109-04: Cahill and Young Limited;
CLC/B/109-05: John T Clark Limited;
CLC/B/109-06: U. C. Farmer Limited;
CLC/B/109-07: A. Langley and Company Limited;
CLC/B/109-08: E. F. Marchant Limited.

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. Personnel Mercantile personnel Fishmongers Commercial premises Fishmarkets Information sources Documents Business records Fishing industry Eel fishing Agricultural products Animal products Fishery products Fisheries Salmon fisheries People by occupation People Fish trade Trade (practice) H Barber and Son Ltd , traders in salmon and eels Billingsgate Market , Corporation of London Ireland Western Europe Europe City of London London England UK

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited at Guildhall Library in 1982. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of H Barber and Son Limited, traders in salmon and eels, including articles of association; minutes of meetings; financial accounts; papers relating to fisheries and fishing rights in Ireland; papers relating to property including premises at Billingsgate Market; and correspondence.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Records of subsidiary companies:
CLC/B/109-02: D. and J. Barber (Eels) Limited;
CLC/B/109-03: Braddan Fishing Company Limited;
CLC/B/109-04: Cahill and Young Limited;
CLC/B/109-05: John T Clark Limited;
CLC/B/109-06: U. C. Farmer Limited;
CLC/B/109-07: A. Langley and Company Limited;
CLC/B/109-08: E. F. Marchant Limited.

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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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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