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GB 0074 ACC/2558/KE/01 · Collection · 1809-1904

Corporate records of the Kent Waterworks Company, including Board of Directors' minute books; Committee minute books; Secretary's reports; correspondence and letter books; legal papers; records relating to shares, stocks and dividends; and contracts.

Kent Waterworks Company
GB 0074 ACC/0333 · Collection · 1585-1933

Records of Kent and Sons, solicitors, 1831-1923, including solicitor's diaries; financial records; day books; ledgers; letter books; clerk's records; returns of property; accounts of building materials; labour account book; estate records and attendance book.

Also client records, 1585-1933, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including Hampton parish records; maps and plans; papers relating to property, legal, family, parish, local government and businesses. These records include information relating to parish poor relief in Hampton.

Hampton Court Gas Company records, 1850-1892, including the deed of settlement, contracts and specifications, bills and receipts, lists of share-holders and share certificates, title deeds to property, correspondence and the seal of the company.

Kent and Sons , solicitors
JAMES FENNING AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-106 · Collection · 1823-1832

Profit and loss accounts for James Fenning and Company, insurance brokers.

James Fenning and Co , insurance brokers
J LYONS AND COMPANY LIMITED
GB 0074 LMA/4271 · Collection · 2000

Records relating to J Lyons and Company Limited, food manufacturers and caterers, comprising copy of publication "The Lyons lithographs" by Richard Russell, 2000.

Russell , Richard , fl 2000 , author
J. LYONS AND COMPANY LIMITED
GB 0074 ACC/3527 · Collection · 1891-1995

Records of J Lyons and Company Limited, food manufacturers and caterers, 1891-1995. The archives reflect all aspects of the company's history. There are some of the usual company records relating to management, shareholding and administration, but the collection is particularly strong in what may be termed ephemera. There are hundreds of photographs, from 1887 up to the present day, a few films and videos, and large collections of press cuttings, advertisements, menus and even a set of lithographs which were commissioned by the company after the Second World War as a way of brightening up Lyons Corner Houses.

J Lyons and Company Limited , food manufacturers and caterers
J LYONS AND COMPANY
GB 0074 LMA/4306 · Collection · 1930?-1939?

Records of J Lyons and Company Limited, food manufacturers and caterers comprising a 'Nippy' notebook belonging to Ethel Fage, dated to the 1930s. 'Nippy' was the nickname given to waitresses at Lyon's Corner Houses, who wore distinctive uniforms.

J Lyons and Company Limited , food manufacturers and caterers
GB 0074 CLC/B/125 · Collection · 1884-1973

Institute of London Underwriters records as follows: General Meetings minutes (Ms 31840); annual reports (Ms 31841); Committee minutes and agendas (Mss 31842-4); minutes of various lesser committes and sub-committees (Mss 31845-62); registers of members (Ms 31863); ledgers and cash books (Mss 31864-7); circulars (Mss 31868-9); clauses books (Ms 31870); out-letter books (Mss 31871-80); and miscellaneous papers (Mss 31881-97). The 1884 Memorandum and Articles of Association can be found in vol. 1 of the registers of members (Ms 31863).

A cut-off date of 1960 was applied, and volumes or series (other than Circulars) continuing after this date may only be consulted by readers who have written permission from the donor: ask a member of staff for more information.

Institute of London Underwriters
GB 0074 CLC/B/017-16 · Collection · 1901-1985

The records of the Industrial Life Offices Association consist of minute books, annual accounts and files. The minute books appear to form an almost complete set, except for those of the Executive, which end in 1977; and those of the Quarterly Meeting, which end in 1956. From 1920, the minute books are annotated with reference numbers, apparently referring to supporting papers, the whereabouts of which are unknown.

Industrial Life Offices Association x Association of Industrial Assurance Companies and Collecting Friendly Societies
GB 0074 B/IND/GLCC · Collection · 1827-1875

Records of the Independent Gas Light and Coke Company, 1827-1875, comprising minutes of Directors and Shareholders meetings with some enclosures including letters, notices, circulars, and prospectuses.

Independent Gas Light and Coke Company , 1824-1876
GB 0074 CLC/B/055-11 · Collection · 1824-1970

Records of the Indemnity Marine Insurance Company Limited, including consitutional documents, minutes, financial material, letterbooks and some details of ships and cargoes.

Indemnity Marine Insurance Co Ltd
INCISIVE MEDIA LIMITED
LMA/4619 · Collection · 2006

Records of Incisive Media Limited, 2006, including awards programme and guest list for the Professional Pensions' Pension Scheme of the Year Awards.

Incisive Media Limited
GB 0074 CLC/B/055-10A · Collection · 1878-1947

Records of the Imperial Live Stock and General Insurance Company Limited, comprising Board and general meeting minutes. The records are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Imperial Live Stock and General Insurance Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/192-19 · Collection · 1820-1912

The Imperial Life Insurance Company records comprise minutes, annual reports and accounts, correspondence, prospectuses, register of mortgages and claims by shareholders for shares in Alliance Assurance.

Imperial Life Insurance Co
IMPERIAL INSURANCE COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/192-18 · Collection · 1802-1957

The Imperial Insurance Company (also known as the Imperial Fire Insurance Company) collection comprises constitutional documents, minutes, and financial and administrative material.

Imperial Insurance Co x Imperial Fire Insurance Co
GB 0074 B/IMP/GLC · Collection · 1821-1878

Records of the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company, 1821-1878, including Directors' meeting minutes and orders; Shareholders' meeting signed minutes; Committee for General Purposes signed minutes; Committee for Works signed minutes; Committee for Accounts signed minutes; appointments and emoluments of Officers; Committee for Works rough minutes; summary of half-yearly accounts of Metropolitan Gas Companies including The Imperial, Gas Light and Coke Company, Commercial, Independent, Ratcliff, London, Phoenix, South Metropolitan and Surrey Consumers and bound volume of Acts relating to the Company, Gas, Public Companies and so on.

Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company
GB 0074 CLC/B/122 · Collection · 1824-1974

Records of the Imperial Continental Gas Association, including:

  1. Deeds of settlement, Acts of Parliament (Mss 23319-326);
  2. Directors' minutes and other papers (Mss 23327-340);
  3. General (Shareholders) meetings minutes and annual reports and accounts (Mss 23341-345);
  4. Secretary's papers (Mss 23346-376);
  5. Accounts (Mss 23377-413);
  6. Gas and electricity contracts:
    Belgium (Mss 23414-424),
    France (Mss 23425-30),
    Germany (Mss 23431-432),
    Netherlands (Mss 23433-434),
    Roumania (Ms 23435);
  7. Staff records (Mss 23436-442, Mss 31767-8);
  8. Property records (gas works, offices etc):
    Austria-Hungary (Mss 23443-445),
    Belgium (Mss 23446-66),
    Germany (Ms 23467),
    Netherlands (Ms 23468),
    London (Ms 23449-74);
  9. Notes for company histories (Ms 23475-480);
  10. Annual reports and accounts of subsidiaries (Mss 23481-482).
Imperial Continental Gas Association
IMERYS UK PENSION SCHEME
GB 0074 LMA/4490 · Collection · 1979-2008

Pension Scheme Explanatory Booklets for Imerys UK and English China Clays, producers of industrial minerals;

Note: These records are in electronic format produced in 2008.

'English China Clays Group: Pension and Life Assurance Scheme Female Staff' (1979); 'English China Clays Group: Pension and Life Assurance Scheme Male Staff' (1979); 'English China Clays Group: Pension and Life Assurance Scheme for Craftsmen Operatives and Associated Personnel' (1979); 'English China Clays Group: Staff Pension and Life Assurance Scheme' (1979) and 'IMERYS Explanatory Booklet' (2008).

Imerys UK , producer of industrial minerals English China Clays , producers of industrial minerals
HUTCHIESON, JOHN J G
GB 0074 LMA/4745 · Collection · 1991-1999

John Hutchieson's Mirror Group Pension Scheme papers received as employee/pensioner: MGN Pension Trustees Limited pension bulletins, annual reports and circulars with reference to Robert Maxwell scandal (1991 Dec - 1996 May, 1999).

Hutchieson , John J G , 1920-1997 , Journalist
GB 0074 LMA/4487 · Collection · 197- - 2002

Pension scheme booklets for Hunting Plc; 'A Guide to the Hunting Gibson Limited and Hunting Group Limited Retirement Benefit Scheme (1967); 'Additional Voluntary Contributions' (2002) and 'The Hunting Pension Scheme' (2002).

Hunting Plc , supplier to oil and gas industry
GB 0074 ACC/0809 · Collection · 1200?-1953

Records of Horne, Engall and Freeman, solicitors, [1200]-1953, consisting of practice papers, records deriving from clerkships and other official capacities and Mr Scott Freeman's personal records, collection of maps and prints of Middlesex and printed material on the history of Staines. The material relates predominantly to Staines but also includes Ashford, Cranford, Egham, Feltham and Stanwell.

Horne, Engall and Freeman , solicitors
HOME OFFICE VEHICLES POOL
GB 0074 CLC/B/017-15 · Collection · 1941-1951

Minute book of the Home Office Vehicles Pool.

Accident Offices' Association , Home Office Vehicles Pool
HERBERT, Alan (fl 1960-2007)
LMA/4612 · 2000-2007

Papers of Alan Herbert, pensions manager, comprising entries to the Pensions Management Awards 2000 and the Professional Pensions Awards 2007, which typically include a submission paper for the award as well as a variety of communication material produced by the pension scheme for its members, press clippings about the scheme and papers on the administration of the scheme. The collection also contains a discussion paper for the Trustee Code of Conduct Group.

Herbert , Alan , fl 1960-2007 , pensions manager
HAXELLS HOTEL, STRAND
GB 0074 O/177 · Collection · 1908

Bill to Mr. or Mrs. Dear for accommodation etc, at Haxell's Family Hotel, 369-375, Strand, London, W.C. With illustration of hotel in bill-head.

Haxell's Family Hotel , Strand, London
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-005 · Collection · 1913-1957

Records of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited relating to insurance; including Insurance Department reports, financial accounts, papers and policy journals; and papers relating to insurance claims, particularly for cargoes diverted or requisitioned during the Second World War.

Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd , traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural products
GB 0074 CLC/B/055-10 · Collection · 1696-1905

Records of the Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society, including cash books, journals, ledgers, minute books, letter books, fire insurance policy registers and indexes, mortality tables, statistics, and deed of settlement.

Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society
HAMPTON COURT GAS COMPANY
GB 0074 ACC/1375 · Collection · 1863-1949

Records of the Hampton Court Gas Company, consisting of twelve volumes of signed minutes of directors' meetings of proprietors, 1937-1949. The majority of the volumes contain certain cuttings about the company and the gas industry in general which have been extracted from local newspapers and pasted inside the front and back covers.

Hampton Court Gas Company x Hampton Court United Gas Company
GULF UK PENSION SCHEME
GB 0074 LMA/4563 · Collection · 1964-1990

The Gulf UK Pension Scheme collection comprises explanatory booklets (1964-1989) and newsletters (1984-1990) issued by the Scheme, and explanatory booklets for the Stock Option Plan (1974; 1983).

Gulf UK Pension Scheme
GB 0074 CLC/B/107 · Collection · 1741-1973

Records including minutes; policy registers; annual reports; financial records including papers relating to shares and shareholders; agreements; correspondence; deeds; and reports; of predecessors and subsidiaries of the Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Company, as follows:

Guardian Assurance Company Limited;
Royal Exchange Assurance;
Albion Fire Insurance Company Limited;
Atlas Assurance Company Limited;
British Equitable Assurance Company Limited;
Caledonian Insurance Company;
Car and General Insurance Corporation Limited;
Car Services Limited;
Essex and Suffolk Insurance Company Limited;
Licenses and General Insurance Company Limited;
Liverpool and London Plate Glass Insurance Company;
Local Government Guarantee Society;
London and Manchester Plate Glass Insurance Company;
Manchester Assurance Company Limited;
Motor Union Insurance Company Limited;
National Provincial Insurance Company Limited;
Pilot Insurance Corporation Limited;
Reliance Marine Insurance Company;
State Assurance Company Limited;
United British Insurance Company Limited;
Westminster and General Insurance Company Limited;
Essex and Suffolk Accident Indemnity Society.

Various.
GB 0074 CLC/B/055-09 · Collection · 1863-1952

Board minutes of the Guardian Plate Glass Insurance Company Limited.

Guardian Plate Glass Insurance Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/107-01 · Collection · 1821-1959

Records of the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Company, later known as the Guardian Assurance Company Limited; comprising minute books, reports on potential business overseas, correspondence, shareholders' ledgers and financial accounts.

24 hours notice is required for access to Mss 16209-10 and 18093-111. Access to Ms 16209/1-34 is also subject to special conditions: please consult staff for information.

Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Co x Guardian Assurance Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/144-10 · Collection · 1848-1963

Records of the Gresham Life Assurance Society, including registers, notices, minutes, annual reports, financial accounts, valuation summaries, samples of policy forms, and papers relating to branches in Austria, Hungary, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, South Africa, and Spain.

Also papers of the Gresham Continental Life Assurance Society, including memorandum and articles of association, minute books and letter books.

Gresham Life Assurance Society
GB 0074 CLC/B/144-09 · Collection · 1910-1982

Records of the Gresham Fire and Accident Insurance Society, including memorandum and articles of association; minutes and agendas; annual reports and accounts; registers; financial records; papers regarding foreign and overseas business; specimens of forms and policies; and staff registers.

Gresham Fire and Accident Insurance Society
GB 0074 B/NTG-3 · Collection · 1846-1870

Records of the Great Central Gas Consumers Company, 1846-1870, including certificate of formal registration of the company; reports of the Company's Directors; bills of costs in various legal transactions and suits; correspondence agreements; contracts for lighting various parishes; deeds and plans for various premises.

Great Central Gas Consumers Company
GB 0074 CLC/B/104 · Collection · 1844-1882

Records of the Great Britain Mutual Life Assurance Society including deeds of settlement; forms of policies; agreements and assignments; and papers relating to clients and policy holders.

Great Britain Mutual Life Assurance Society
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-31 · Collection · 1872-1970

Records of Gray, MacKenzie and Company Limited, general merchants and agents in the Persian Gulf, including partnership agreements; articles of association; correspondence; legal papers; financial accounts; annual reports; papers relating to property; historical notes; papers relating to Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company Limited, Bahrein Slipway Company Limited and Dilmun Navigation Company Limited.

Gray, MacKenzie and Co Ltd , general merchants and agents
GRAY, DAWES AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-30 · Collection · 1866-1973

Records of Gray, Dawes and Company, general merchants and agents, including partnership deeds; articles of association; correspondence; memoranda; financial accounts; papers relating to investments; papers of the insurance department; papers of the inward freight department; papers regarding the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited; and secretarial papers.

Gray, Dawes and Co , general merchants and agents
GB 0074 ACC/2558/GJ/04 · Collection · 1835-1907

Records of the Grand Junction Waterworks Company relating to water supply and distribution, including water supply agreements; laying on books; meter agreements; meter readings; fire report books; water rentals books; pipes records; examination of mains books; papers relating to alterations to pipes and fittings; meter charges; supply and engineering records.

Grand Junction Waterworks Company
GB 0074 ACC/2558/GJ/07 · Collection · 1830-1905

General records of the Grand Junction Waterworks Company, including examples of forms printed and distributed by the company; general index of drawings; papers relating to rate assessment appeals; valuation of tools and working plant; and papers relating to Parliamentary Acts and Royal Commissions.

Grand Junction Waterworks Company
GB 0074 ACC/2558/GJ/01 · Collection · 1726-1907

Corporate records of the Grand Junction Waterworks Company, including Court of Directors minute books; Committee books; Court record books; General Assembly minute books; Directors' reports; correspondence and letter books; registers of shareholders; stock ledgers; mortgage records; and contracts records.

Grand Junction Waterworks Company
GB 0074 ACC/2558/GJ/08 · Collection · 1788-1904

Records of the Grand Junction Waterworks Company, including Court of Directors' papers; legal papers; parliamentary papers; investments records; plans; engine and coal accounts; contracts; staff records and property records.

Grand Junction Waterworks Company
GB 0074 ACC/2558/GJ/02 · Collection · 1810-1908

Financial records of the Grand Junction Waterworks Company, including half-yearly accounts; ledgers; journals; cash books; liabilities; balance books; revenue ledgers; office rate books; Collectors' recoveries and meter collections.

Grand Junction Waterworks Company
GOOD VIEW RESTAURANT
GB 0074 LMA/4509 · Collection · 198- - 199-

Records of the 'Good View Restaurant' Chinese take-away, comprising weekly acounts and supply re-ordering sheets, dating to the 1980s and 1990s.

Good View Restaurant , Chinese restaurant
GB 0074 CLC/B/017-14 · Collection · 1913

Records of the Glasgow Rate and Salvage Association, comprising a deed of constitution.

Fire Offices' Committee , Glasgow Rate and Salvage Association
GLANFIELD SECURITIES LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/144-08 · Collection · 1916-1978

Records of Glanfield Securities Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; minutes; annual reports and accounts; registers; and financial records.

Glanfield Securities Ltd
GB 0074 B/NTG-12 · Collection · 1825-1948

General records relating to the supply of gas, 1825-1948, collected by the North Thames Gas Board and predecessor companies. Includes draft Parliamentary reports leading up to the Act for better regulating the supply of gas to the metropolis, 1860; minutes of weekly meetings of a Committee of Chairmen of the Metropolitan Gas Companies in connection with the Parliamentary Committee inquiring into the Metropolis Gas Act, 1860; Bill and relevant papers concerning the proposed amalgamation of all or some of the metropolitan gas companies; drafts, petitions and briefs concerning the London Corporation Gas Bill; report from the Board of Trade on the current Railway, Tramway, Gas and Water Bills, 1870; Gas and Water Facilities Bill, 1870; press cuttings; statistical information about gas companies, 1865.

Also papers relating to individual gas companies including Bill to establish a company for illuminating London and Westminster with oil gas (the London and Westminster Oil Gas Company), 1825; minutes of evidence before the House of Lords' select committee on the Phoenix Gas Bill, 1864; half yearly reports and accounts submitted by the Directors of the Phoenix Gas Light and Coke Co. to the Proprietors; Bills and Acts affecting the powers of the South Metropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company; Bill amending powers of the Surrey Consumers' Gas Light and Coke Association; annual reports and accounts submitted by the Directors of the Surrey Consumers' Gas Company to the Shareholders.

North Thames Gas Board , 1949-1973
GB 0074 CLC/B/055-08 · Collection · 1868-1870

Board minutes of the General Accident and Guarantee Company Limited.

The minutes are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

General Accident and Guarantee Co Ltd