Deeds from the estate of John Dicks, builder, relating to 39 London Street, St Pancras; Russell Mews, St Pancras and 6 Brunswick Place, Brixton Causeway, Lambeth.
Sans titrePapers, 1882-1951, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising agreements relating to No. 35 Cumberland Park, Acton (formerly No. 5 Goldsmiths Gardens) and deeds relating to 'Hillside', later 'Hillbre' and 'High Trees' No. 9 Pinner Hill Road, Pinner.
Sans titreRecords of the Parish of St James, Edmonton, comprising photocopied register of banns, 1952-1955; and St James Edmonton Boys School, comprising penny bank ledger, 1920-1921.
Sans titreDeeds relating to land in manor of Sutton Court, Chiswick, adjoining Experimental Garden of Horticulture Society, Turnham Green, 1822-1860. Deeds deposited in the LMA by the British Telecom Archives.
Sans titreRecords of Pinner (Relief) Telephone Exchange comprising deeds of land in Cannon Lane (formerly Sewer Lane), Pinner, acquired for the Exchange.
Sans titreRecords of the church of Saint George in the East, Stepney, comprising churchwarden's accounts and vouchers.
Sans titreTitle deeds for properties in Chelsea, Clerkenwell, Hendon, Paddington, Saint George-in-the-East, Saint Marylebone, and Saint Pancras.
Sans titreRecords of the Belgravia Dairy Company, comprising financial ledgers, 1925-1931.
Sans titreRecords of Currys Group plc, 1896-1985. The collection comprises records of the parent company and a few records of subsidiary and associated companies.
The records of the parent company include memoranda and articles of association (ACC/3485/1-3), a series of board minute books, 1922-79 (with gaps) (ACC/3485/4-16), which, in addition to policy decisions, include minutes of some annual general meetings and committee meetings, one separate AGM minute book, 1927-72 (ACC/3485/17) and an almost unbroken series of annual reports and statements of accounts presented to shareholders, 1925-83 (ACC/3485/18-74). There are also minutes of meetings of three committees: the directors' committee (known also at various times as the depot management committee, the joint managing directors' committee and the group management committee), 1927-85 (ACC/3485/77-124), at which decisions concerning the operation of the business especially at branch level were taken, the committee of the staff life assurance scheme, 1952-8 (ACC/3485/125) and the sealing committee, 1966-8 (ACC/3485/126). The collection also includes a few share records (ACC/3485/127-31), internal accounting and financial records (ACC/3485/132-43), records relating to the administration of the business (ACC/3485/144-9) and records relating to property (ACC/3485/150-60).
Sans titreRecord of the Municipal Reform Party, comprising campaign speech given to the electors of Norwood Division, Lambeth.
Sans titreRecords of Sheer Pride Limited, metal office furniture manufacturer, 1941-1979, including five directors' minute books, company annual returns and one file and one register relating to share transfers.
Sans titreRecords of A R Chamberlayne, solicitor, 1882-1924. The records include financial ledgers and account books; cash books; bills books; property management ledgers, cash books and letter books; bank books; and deeds and other legal papers relating to individual properties.
Sans titreRecords of E G and J W Chester, solicitors, 1753-1953. Includes records relating to the solicitors' business including financial records, transaction diaries and deed registers; Chester family deeds and wills; deeds and wills relating mainly to South London; and records concerning Saint Mary, Newington; Holy Trinity, Southwark and Saint Peter, Walworth.
Sans titreRecords of the Jerusalem Coffee House, later the Jerusalem Shipping Exchange, including registers and lists of sailings and shippings, including some East India Company shipping; log of the voyage of the ship 'Walmer Castle' from London to Penang, Malaysia; agreements; and financial accounts.
Sans titreRecords of Nicholls and Leatherdale, insolvency accountants, comprising a private ledger.
Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.
Sans titrePapers of Parkin S Booth and Company, insolvency accountants, comprising accounts ledger and papers relating to the insolvencies of specific companies.
Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.
Sans titreRecords of the Wholesale Chemists and Allied Trades Protection Association, comprising Trade Advisory Committee minute book; prospectuses, and papers relating to the insolvency of a specific company.
Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.
Sans titreRecords of the British Bankers' Association, including General Council, Executive Committee and Annual General Meeting minute books; annual reports; financial accounts; papers of Committees including the Foreign Exchange Committee and the Fiscal Committee; public relations papers including press releases and circulars; papers regarding bank employees; papers regarding the EEC Banking Federation; rules, regulations and other papers relating to membership; and papers relating to various matters of interest to the banking community including income tax, security, fraud, liquidity, clearing house payments, inter-bank cooperation, legislation, bankruptcy, credit, audits and taxation.
Restricted access to later records.
Sans titreRecords of the Central Association of Bankers, a society promoting the interests of banks, comprising annual reports and accounts; minutes; circulars and reports.
Restricted access to later records.
Sans titreRecords of Brown, Shipley and Company Limited, merchant bankers. These archives relate to the Founders' Court and Pall Mall offices. They comprise some articles of partnership, minutes, correspondence, customer account records, financial material and some office plans.
Sans titreFinancial records from the solicitor's practice of Edward Herbert Burkitt.
Sans titrePapers of Butterworth and Company (Publishers) Limited, including papers of predecessors, subsidiaries and associated companies as follows:
- Butterworth and Co. (Canada);
- Butterworth and Co. (Australia);
- Butterworth and Co. (New Zealand);
- Butterworth and Co. (India);
- Butterworth and Co. (Overseas);
- Butterworth and Co. (South Africa)(Pty);
- Butterworths Scientific Publications;
- Butterworths Technical Books;
- Charles Bond Ltd;
- Chemindex Ltd;
- Clowes (Wm) and Sons;
- Coke Press;
- R J Acford Ltd;
- Research and Development Ltd;
- Shaw and Sons;
- Butterworth, Inc;
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Justice of the Peace, Ltd.
All records are on 24 hour call. Access to records post 1965 should be sought from the depositor (contact details available from staff).
Records of Butterworth and Company (Canada) including licence to trade; financial accounts; auditor's reports; sales analysis; correspondence; and recollections of the general manager of the Canadian office, 1911-1957.
Sans titreRecords of Butterworth and Company (South Africa) (Pty) comprising financial accounts (ledgers, journal, cash book).
Sans titrePapers of William Clowes and Sons, law publishers, including correspondence and agreements with authors.
Sans titreFinancial records of Research and Development Limited, scientific publishers.
Sans titreRecords of Butterworth Incorporated, the American subsidiary of Butterworth and Company (Publishers) Limited, including correspondence and lists of publications.
Sans titreRecords of the Boa Vista Spinning and Weaving Company Limited, comprising constitutional documents, agreements, Board minutes, annual reports, and an inventory of property in Portugal.
The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.
Sans titreThe records of Tekka Taiping Limited, tin mining company, comprise Board and general minutes, cash books, journals, and ledgers. They are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice to access.
Sans titreThe records of West European Industries Limited consist of Board minutes, annual reports and accounts and financial material. The records are held offsite and require 24 hours notice for access.
Sans titreRecords of William Graham and Company, comprising inventory of the Ponte Nova indigo printing works, Portugal.
Sans titreRecords of William Graham Junior and Company, comprising inventory of premises in Lisbon, Portugal.
Sans titreRecords of the Dooars Tea Company, comprising papers relating to the foundation and constitution of the company.
Sans titreRecords of Empire of India Holdings Limited, comprising Board of Directors' minutes, annual general meeting minutes and a ledger. The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.
Sans titreRecords of the Singlo Tea Company Limited, comprising constitutional documents and minutes of the Board of Directors and annual general meetings. The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.
Sans titreRecords of Cazenove and Company, investment bankers. The records are especially strong for financial records (including partners' and staff ledgers), and the company's late 20th century history, particularly the period around "Big Bang" in the 1980s, and leading up to incorporation in 2001. As well as partnership deeds, minutes, accounts and financial records, they include the papers of a number of partners, including Mark Loveday who was Senior Partner 1994-2001 and retired on the point of incorporation, and a significant amount of material gathered in the course of research for the company's history. The archives include copy material dating from 1823.
The archives are subject to a 30 year closure rule and are on 24 hours call. Access to some of the correspondence is subject to special conditions. For further details about access, please enquire with staff.
Sans titreRecords of Charles Hammond and Son, stockbrokers, comprising a journal of stock purchased and customer ledger, and papers relating to the history of the firm.
Sans titreRecords of the City Offices Company Limited, comprising annual reports and accounts, minutes, financial material, rent and tenancy books and title deeds. They are held offsite and require 24 hours notice for access.
Sans titreRecords 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.
Sans titreRecords from the Marine Department of the Edinburgh Assurance Company Limited, comprising registers of vessels, casualty books, loss report books, and salvage books.
Sans titreBoard minutes of the Guardian Plate Glass Insurance Company Limited.
Sans titreMinute book of general meetings of the Liverpool Victoria Insurance Corporation. This item is held off-site and requires 24 hours notice for access.
Sans titreBoard meeting minutes of the London Amicable Assurance Society Limited.
Sans titreMinutes of the Provident Clerks and General Guarantee and Accident Company Limited.
Sans titreRecords 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.
Sans titreRecords 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.
Sans titreRecords 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.
Sans titre'Stock books' of an unidentified clock and watch maker, recording manufacturing costs, retail prices and sales of individual clocks, watches and chains; also accounts book recording the costs of components.
Sans titreThe surviving records of the Corn Exchange Company include minutes, annual reports and accounts, financial material, correspondence, records of stockholders, records relating to the restaurant, and deeds, plans and photographs. The records are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
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