Collection GB 0074 ACC/2305/30-1 - HARMANS UXBRIDGE BREWERY: CORPORATE RECORDS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/2305/30-1

Title

HARMANS UXBRIDGE BREWERY: CORPORATE RECORDS

Date(s)

  • 1924-1970 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

12.42 linear metres (extent of all 7 Harmans Uxbridge Brewery subfonds combined).

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Name of creator

Biographical history

The Old Brewery, High Street, Uxbridge, was established in the early eighteenth century by George Harman. It was run as "Harman and Company" by Stanislaus Ronayne Conron and Alice Fleetwood Webb until it was incorporated in 1924 as "Harman's Uxbridge Brewery Ltd". It acquired R Halley Ltd in 1954. The company was taken over by Courage, Barclay and Simonds in 1962; the brewery was closed in 1964 and the company went into liquidation in 1967.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/2305/30-1 1924-1970 Collection 12.42 linear metres (extent of all 7 Harmans Uxbridge Brewery subfonds combined). Harmans Uxbridge Brewery Ltd

The Old Brewery, High Street, Uxbridge, was established in the early eighteenth century by George Harman. It was run as "Harman and Company" by Stanislaus Ronayne Conron and Alice Fleetwood Webb until it was incorporated in 1924 as "Harman's Uxbridge Brewery Ltd". It acquired R Halley Ltd in 1954. The company was taken over by Courage, Barclay and Simonds in 1962; the brewery was closed in 1964 and the company went into liquidation in 1967.

Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.

Corporate records of Harmans Uxbridge Brewery Limited, including minutes, agendas and related papers; Directors' papers; papers relating to stocks and shares; trust deeds; debenture records; agreements; papers and diaries of the Company Secretary; agreements; debenture stock records; annual returns; articles of association; certificate of incorporation; register of seals; papers relating to acquisitions; financial correspondence; annual reports with accounts.

The records of Harmans Uxbridge Brewery are arranged in 7 sub-fonds:
ACC/2305/30-1: Corporate records;
ACC/2305/30-2: Financial records;
ACC/2305/30-3: Sales records;
ACC/2305/30-4: Production records;
ACC/2305/30-5: Staff records;
ACC/2305/30-6: Property records;
ACC/2305/30-7: General records.

Restricted access: please see staff.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

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

Records of this brewery are also to be found with those of R Halley Ltd, ACC/2305/31: detailed cross-references have not been given in this list. For Harman family papers see also ACC/0180 and ACC/1402.

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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.

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Scope and content

Corporate records of Harmans Uxbridge Brewery Limited, including minutes, agendas and related papers; Directors' papers; papers relating to stocks and shares; trust deeds; debenture records; agreements; papers and diaries of the Company Secretary; agreements; debenture stock records; annual returns; articles of association; certificate of incorporation; register of seals; papers relating to acquisitions; financial correspondence; annual reports with accounts.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The records of Harmans Uxbridge Brewery are arranged in 7 sub-fonds:
ACC/2305/30-1: Corporate records;
ACC/2305/30-2: Financial records;
ACC/2305/30-3: Sales records;
ACC/2305/30-4: Production records;
ACC/2305/30-5: Staff records;
ACC/2305/30-6: Property records;
ACC/2305/30-7: General records.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Restricted access: please see staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Records of this brewery are also to be found with those of R Halley Ltd, ACC/2305/31: detailed cross-references have not been given in this list. For Harman family papers see also ACC/0180 and ACC/1402.

Finding aids

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

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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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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