This series comprises items on telephone rates and charges, forms of licence issued by the Postmaster General, reports, memoranda and papers relating to matters of telephone policy, items of general interest and a collection of select committee and departmental reports.
Sin títuloThis series consists of a few specimen agreements between Britain and other countries for the establishment of an overseas telephone service, and a collection of reports on various overseas telephone systems.
Sin títuloRecords of the London Grosvenor Building Society, 1878-1984, comprising minutes; financial records; Secretary's Board papers; income tax papers; office files and advertisement.
Records of building societies taken over by the London Grosvenor Building Society, including:
Duchess of Kent Building Society (of Marcol House, 289 - 293 Regent Street): annual reports and various files
Metropole Building Society: share ledgers, mortgage ledgers, minutes, cash books and other financial records and share certificates
Middlesex Building Society: minutes and typed financial accounts
Official and General Building Society: minutes, deeds and deeds register, financial accounts, office files and intention notices
St Marylebone Central Building Society: financial records, correspondence and office files
United Friendly Building Society: minutes, deeds registers, mortgage registers, financial records and office papers
*West Hampstead Building Society: minutes, financial records, share transactions and ledgers and deeds register.
Copies of Bills, Acts of Parliament and statutory instruments relating to the Festival of Britain and the Festival Pleasure Gardens; memorandum and articles of association; alteration of the articles of association by chartered accountants; report by chartered accountants on financial administration; prospectus, brochure and guides to the Festival Pleasure Gardens; signed visitor's book; register of members of the company and books of share certificates; minutes of the Board of Directors; minutes of Committees; minutes of and papers presented at Annual General Meetings; Chairman's report on future of the Gardens; notes of meetings with London County Council representatives; papers on estimates and budgets; notes on investigations into the affairs of the company; leader of London County Council's papers as Director; Finance Officers files including accounting procedures, audit reports, budgets, statistics, fees and estimates; general correspondence files including applications for concessions, circulars, notices, opening day events, publicity and special events; papers regarding construction work and the delay in opening, including the Clerk of Works diaries; papers relating to the winding up of the company including liquidator's papers; contracts with entertainments, entertainers, concessions and catering; statistics, including turnstile takings, rides and shows takings and daily returns; financial accounts including balance sheets, journals, ledgers and summaries; plans of the layout of the gardens and the construction of attractions and charts of financial comparisons.
Chairman and Managing Director's files and correspondence on a variety of topics including the Beer Garden, catering, entertainments pier, maintenance and miniature railways; General Manager's files regarding the Guinness Clock; General Manager's correspondence with businesses including Aerated Bread Company, Floral Crown, Franco British Electrical Signs, National Car Parks, Royal Family Models, Thames Passenger Owners Association and Walls Ice Cream; Secretary's files on a variety of subjects including accident claims, appointment of Directors, attendance figures, Board of Trade, catering, contracts and agreements, correspondence, designers, insurance, London Electricity Board, London County Council, Metropolitan Water Board, North Thames Gas Board, Public Accounts Committee, staffing, and HM Treasury; general files relating to accidents, accounting, art exhibitions, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), catering, British-American Novelty Company, Brylcream, budgets, closing the Gardens, commission and sales, the crown jewels, conditions of employment, flying cars, solicitors, banking, car parks, miniature railway, statistics, wages and salaries, weekly summaries and works orders.
Sin títuloRecords of Thames Water predecessor companies (water supply) and local authorities (waste water management including sewer network), comprising the following:
ACC/2558/CH: Chelsea Waterworks Company
ACC/2558/DV: Darenth Valley Main Sewerage Board
ACC/2558/EL: East London Waterworks Company
ACC/2558/GJ: Grand Junction Waterworks Company
ACC/2558/KE: Kent Waterworks Company
ACC/2558/LA: Lambeth Waterworks Company
ACC/2558/LC: Lee Conservancy Catchment Board
ACC/2558/LL: London Local Authorities, Metropolitan Board of Works, London County Council and Greater London Council
ACC/2558/MW: Metropolitan Water Board
ACC/2558/NR: New River Company
ACC/2558/S: Shadwell Waterworks Company
ACC/2558/SR: Staines Reservoir Joint Committee
ACC/2558/SV: Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company
ACC/2558/TW: Thames Water Authority
ACC/2558/WK: West Kent Main Sewerage Board
ACC/2558/WM: West Middlesex Waterworks Company
The records include corporate records and minutes, staff records, clerk's papers, records relating to water supply and distribution, technical reports, purchase records, property records, legal papers, plans, substantial series of photographs, glass plate negatives and lanterns slides (especially clean water: under ACC/2558/MW/PH, ACC/2558/MW/GP and ACC/2558/MW/L and sewer and waste water: under ACC/2558/LL/PH) and financial accounts and ledgers.
Cataloguing of this collection has been funded by Thames Water. For more information about the cataloguing project which was completed September 2019, please see 'The Thames Water Treasure Trove' in 'Source' magazine, July 2016 (library reference: 24.217 THA). London Metropolitan Archives would like to thank Thames Water for funding the cataloguing of this collection.
Sin títuloRecords of Associated Metropolitan Water Companies, comprising minutes and accounts of the Metropolitan Water Companies Meetings of Chairmen; minutes of sub committees including the Intercommunication Committee of Engineers of the Metropolitan Water Companies and the Committee for the Management of Works of Intercommunication; and correspondence.
Sin títuloCorporate records of the Chelsea Waterworks Company, including Court of Directors minute books; General Board minute books; Committee of Accounts and Works minute books; Finance and Audit Committee minute books; Parliamentary Committee minutes; Secretary's report books; agenda books; correspondence; letter books; legal papers; register of stock and share holders; stock and share ledgers and other records; dividend books; registers of wills; bond records; contracts and specifications.
Sin títuloFinancial records of Chelsea Waterworks Company, including annual account books; annual reports; accounts ledgers; journals; cash books; bills books; revenue ledgers; meter accounts; and order books.
Sin títuloWater supply and distribution records of the Chelsea Waterworks Company, including engineer's reports; meter inspection reports; storekeeper's reports; water supply aggreements and applications; supply records; meter registers; district water services records; collector's rate books; special supplies records; parish assessments and rates; statistical records; stopcock registers; pipelaying and works records; cartage books; meterological data and water analysis records.
Sin títuloProperty records of the Chelsea Waterworks Company, comprising land purchase registers and rent books.
Sin títuloGeneral records of the Chelsea Waterworks Company, including correspondence relating to water charges; printed circulars and forms; newspaper cuttings; and reference material.
Sin títuloRecords of the Chelsea Waterworks Company, including papers relating to steam engines and other machinery; service records of workmen; sick pay regulations; deeds and other legal documents relating to company property; financial accounts; legal case records; Parliamentary papers; licences and historical notes.
Sin títuloPapers of the East London Waterworks Company relating to water supply and distribution, including Engineers' reports; Engineers' correspondence; volumes of accepted tenders; water supply agreements; Collectors' and Inspectors' letter books; indexes to the locations of meters; rating volumes; accounts; plans and diagrams.
Sin títuloProperty records of the East London Waterworks Company, including rental ledgers; particulars of land purchases; notices and plans of intended purchase and schedule of deeds.
Sin títuloRecords 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.
Sin títuloRecords 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.
Sin títuloStaff records of the Kent Waterworks Company, including wages accounts sheets; papers relating to salaries and pensions book.
Sin títuloFinancial records of the Lambeth Waterworks Company, including ledgers; journals; cash books and day books; Collector's rent and revenue records; water charges records; road watering and meter account books.
Sin títuloCorporate records of the London Bridge Waterworks Company, including Committee of Managers minute books; General Meetings of the Proprietors minute books; shareholders register; stock ledgers and transfer books and dividend books.
Sin títuloRecords of the Metropolitan Water Board Treasurers and Comptrollers Department, including detailed balance sheets; Water Fund general ledgers; general journals; cash accounts ledgers; superannuation volumes; capital ledgers; borrowing powers volumes; investments volumes; mortgage sinking fund volumes; stock volumes; audit files; files relating to stocks and shares; mortgage loans files; registers of bankruptcies and liquidations and salary records.
Sin títuloMinutes of the New River Company, including minutes, papers and reports of Weekly Meetings, of the General Courts of Governors, of the Surveys of the River Committee, of the Parliamentary Committee, of the Building Committee and of the River Lee Conservancy Board. Also copies of the charters of 1606 and 1737.
Sin títuloFinancial records of the New River Company, including abstracts of accounts; balance sheets; ledgers; collectors ledgers; journals; disbursement books; cash books; revenue account books; audit books; bill book; bill cheque books; taxes and rates ledgers and accounts; landed estate accounts and meter rent books.
Sin títuloRecords of the South London Waterworks Company (later the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company) including papers relating to shares; minutes of Director's meetings; stock certificates; papers relating to works and papers relating to a lawsuit.
Sin títuloAccount book of the London Coffee and Eating House Keepers' Benevolent Association (later the Catering Trade's Benevolent Association).
Sin títuloRecords 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.
Sin títuloRecords of the Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited, including minutes, ledgers, journals, letters, and insurance registers. Also records of subsidiary and predecessor companies, including:
Accident Insurance Company;
British and European Insurance Company;
British General Insurance Company;
Edinburgh Assurance Company;
Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation;
Fine Art and General Insurance Company;
General Accident and Guarantee Company;
Guardian Plate Glass Insurance Company;
Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Company;
Imperial Live Stock and General Insurance Company;
Indemnity Marine Insurance Company;
Liverpool Victoria Insurance Corporation;
London Amicable Assurance Society;
London and Scottish Assurance Corporation;
Mercantile Fire Insurance Company;
New India Assurance Company;
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company;
Northern Assurance Company;
Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation;
Ocean and General Guarantee Company;
Ocean Marine Insurance Company;
Palatine Insurance Company;
Planet Assurance Corporation;
Provident Clerks and General Guarantee and Accident Company;
Railway Passengers Assurance Company;
Scottish Metropolitan Life Assurance Company;
Union Assurance Society;
United Kingdom Life Assurance Company;
Westminster and Kensington Freeholds Limited;
World Auxiliary Insurance Corporation;
World Marine and General Insurance Company.
Records of the British General Insurance Company Limited comprising Board minutes, Marine Department loss advice book and Marine Department register of losses.
Sin títuloRecords from the Marine Department of the Edinburgh Assurance Company Limited, comprising registers of vessels, casualty books, loss report books, and salvage books.
Sin títuloBoard minutes of the Guardian Plate Glass Insurance Company Limited.
Sin títuloMinute book of general meetings of the Liverpool Victoria Insurance Corporation. This item is held off-site and requires 24 hours notice for access.
Sin títuloBoard meeting minutes of the London Amicable Assurance Society Limited.
Sin títuloMinutes of the Provident Clerks and General Guarantee and Accident Company Limited.
Sin títuloRecords of the Railway Passengers Assurance Company, including Board minutes, deeds of settlement, Committee minutes and general meeting minutes.
They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
Sin títuloRecords of the Union Assurance Society, comprising minutes of board meetings, general meetings, and committee meetings. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice to access.
Sin títuloRecords of the World Marine and General Insurance Company Limited, comprising minutes of annual general meetings, Board meetings and the London Committee. The records are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
Sin títuloRecord of the Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships, comprising a volume containing copies of the deed of settlement, bye-laws and speeches.
Sin títuloFinancial records of the Aircraft Insurance Committee.
Sin títuloRecords of the Building Society Indemnities Committee, comprising minutes.
Sin títuloRecords of the Glasgow Rate and Salvage Association, comprising a deed of constitution.
Sin títuloMinute book of the Home Office Vehicles Pool.
Sin títuloRecords of the London Fire Engine Establishment, including Committee minute books; out-letter book; annual accounts and registers of fires in London, which contain information relating to fires attended by the London Fire Engine Establishment, including date, time of discovery, place, name and profession of occupier, possible cause of fire, details of insurance, who raised the alarm, who put out the fire, which engines attended, and what was damaged.
Sin títuloMinute book of the London South African Insurance Committee.
Sin títuloRecords of the National Conference of Industrial Assurance Approved Societies comprising copy of constitution, minute books, reports of the proceedings of general meetings, and related papers.
Sin títuloRecords of the North Woolwich Undertaking, comprising papers relating to a messuage called "the Gallions" and 115 acres in North Woolwich, and 10 acres in the parish of Barking, 1774-1801.
Sin títuloRecords of the Phoenix Gas Light and Coke Company, 1824-1880, including Proprietors' meeting minutes; Directors' meetings signed minutes; minutes of the Committee of Directors on extravagant burning; and minutes of the Accounts Committee of Directors.
Sin títuloRecords of Shoreditch Independent Gas Light Company, comprising minutes of Directors' meetings, 1824-1827.
Sin títuloDirectors' Meetings Minutes for the Surrey Gas Consumers Gas Company, 1877-1879.
Sin títuloRecords of the Sydenham Gas and Coke Company, 1852-1866, comprising Deed of Settlement and one Shareholders and Directors meeting minute book.
Sin títuloRecords of the Woolwich Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company, 1832-1865, comprising small collection of minutes and annotated copies of deed of settlement and indentures amending it.
Sin títuloRecords of the Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Epsom and District Gas Company, 1913-1949, comprising minutes of Proprietors and Directors meetings, agenda books, and papers relating to the Pension Trust.
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