Records of Aberdeen, Ceylon and Eastern Trust Limited, comprising minutes and directors' annual reports and accounts.
Aberdeen, Ceylon and Eastern Trust Ltd , investment trustPapers of the Alexandra Rose Charities, including minutes, correspondence, membership details, advertising and publicity material, photographs of patrons, staff and flag day events, artefacts such as collecting tins and an early 1912 artificial rose. Related charity records include a minute book of 'Their Day' charity and a set of printed reports for 'Our Day' charity.
Alexandra Rose CharitiesArchives of Alto Parana Development, comprising constitutional documents, minutes and financial material.
Alto Parana Development x Scottish and Mercantile Investment Co Ltd La Sociedad Anonima Compania de Maderas del Alto ParanaRecords of the Ankola Tea and Rubber Company Limited including articles of association; prospectuses; annual reports; correspondence and reports on the estates.
Ankola Tea and Rubber Co LtdRecords of Arthur Cooper (Wine Merchant) Limited, including correspondence; share transfers; papers regarding mergers and name changes; papers relating to financial matters; memorandum and articles of association and annual reports with accounts.
Arthur Cooper (Wine Merchant) LtdRecords of Ashford Valley Cyders Limited, manufacturers of cider, including Directors' meeting and general meeting minutes; memorandum and articles of association; and certificate of incorporation.
Ashford Valley Cyders Ltd , manufacturers of ciderRecords of the Assam Company, producers and traders in tea, including papers regarding shareholders; legal papers; papers regarding properties including maps and plans; reports; annual reports; minute books; financial accounts; correspondence and letter books; circulars; press cuttings; and papers regarding the cultivation and manufacture of tea including analysis of tea production and tea garden inspection reports.
Assam Company , tea producers and tradersRecords of Assam Estates Limited, tea company, including ledgers, journals, cash books and book of bills payable.
Assam Estates LtdRecords of the Assam Frontier Tea Company Limited, including Directors' minutes; annual general meeting minutes; ledger and London trustees provident fund minute book.
Assam Frontier Tea Co LtdMinute books of the Association of Fresh Meat Wholesalers.
Association of Fresh Meat WholesalersProduction records of Barclay Perkins and Company Limited, including Bottling Department Committee minutes; brewing books; ale brewing books; lager brewing books; summaries of beer gyles (a gyle is the quantity of beer or ale brewed at one time); financial calculations relating to the cost of brewing; sugar and caramel books; stock records; papers relating to the production of lager including laboratory test results and complaint book; plans; and brewers' records.
Barclay Perkins and Co Ltd , brewersRecords of the Belgravia Dairy Company, comprising financial ledgers, 1925-1931.
Belgravia Dairy CompanyRecords of Beverlys Limited, including board meetings minute book, register of members, memorandum and articles of association, ledger and inventory. Also records of Northern Tea Stores, comprising register of members and register of transfers; and records of Black and Green, including board meetings minute book, registers of members, share registers and memorandum and articles of association.
Beverlys Ltd , tea and coffee dealers and wine and spirit merchantsRecords of the Bhooteachang Tea Company Limited, comprising annual reports with accounts.
Bhooteachang Tea Co LtdSales and production records for Blue Nile Brewery Limited, including wine and spirit trade files; sales files and technical consultancy agreement.
Barclay Perkins and Co (Sudan) Ltd , brewers Blue Nile Brewery LtdRecords of Boulnois, Drew and Company, tea dealers, comprising a ledger and balance sheets.
Boulnois, Drew and Co , tea dealersRecords of Braddan Fishing Company Limited including articles of association, profit and loss accounts and cash book.
Braddan Fishing Co LtdRecords of Brae and Chingoor Tea Estates Limited, comprising ledgers, cash book and bills payable.
Brae and Chingoor Tea Estates LtdPapers of Margaret Irving relating to her work as a tea taster at Brash Brothers (Tea) Limited.
Irving , Margaret , fl 1922-1960 , tea tasterJournal of business and private expenditure of John Bridgman, West India merchant.
Bridgman , John , fl 1766-1803 , West India merchantRecords of the British Tyre and Rubber Company, and associated merged or subsidiary companies, 1864-1978. This substantial collection consists mainly of statutory business records of associated companies with very little relating to production: meeting minutes of the board 1864-1937, directors minutes, 1868-1871, general meeting minutes, 1864-1918, shareholders committee minutes, 1875, debenture trustee minutes, 1887-97, 1901-02, finance and executive committee minutes 1864-1866; share ledgers, c 1917-38; balance sheets and accounts, 1920-1936; ledgers, c 1931-1934, private ledgers, 1934-61; journals, 1939-1942, private journals, 1934-1960; private cash books, 1926-62, petty cash books, 1938-8; cheque account books, 1933-8; bills receivable books, 1935-64; nominal accounts for Calcutta, 1889-1954, and Christchurch, 1920-44; and Durban private ledger, 1900-1922.
British Tyre and Rubber Company x Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Company Ltd x BTR plcRecords of the Budla Beta Tea Company comprising Board of Directors minutes; annual general meeting minutes, London trustees provident fund minutes and a ledger. The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.
Budla Beta Tea CoRecords of Cahill and Young Limited, fishery, including articles of association and financial records.
Cahill and Young Ltd , fisheryProduction records of the Camden Brewery Company Limited, including brewing book and notes on materials.
Camden Brewery Co LtdCorporate records of Camwal Limited, soft drinks manufacturers, including share records; articles of association and reports.
Camwal Ltd , mineral water manufacturer Chemists Aerated and Mineral Waters Association Ltd Cantrell and Cochrane (Southern) Ltd , soft drinks manufacturersFinancial records of Camwal Limited, soft drinks manufacturers, comprising balance sheets and profit and loss accounts.
Camwal Ltd , mineral water manufacturer Chemists Aerated and Mineral Waters Association Ltd Cantrell and Cochrane (Southern) Ltd , soft drinks manufacturersRecords of Camwal Limited, soft drinks manufacturers, comprising register of deeds and other documents relating to properties owned by the company.
Camwal Ltd , mineral water manufacturer Chemists Aerated and Mineral Waters Association Ltd Cantrell and Cochrane (Southern) Ltd , soft drinks manufacturersRecords of Camwal Limited, soft drinks manufacturers, including volume of press cuttings and photographs of staff and premises.
Camwal Ltd , mineral water manufacturer Chemists Aerated and Mineral Waters Association Ltd Cantrell and Cochrane (Southern) Ltd , soft drinks manufacturersRecords of Camwal Limited, soft drinks manufacturers, including price structure policy papers; sales meetings papers; papers relating to the merger with Cantrell and Cochrane; trade returns; and papers on the proposed sale of Cantrell and Cochrane (Southern) Limited to Schweppes.
Camwal Ltd , mineral water manufacturer Chemists Aerated and Mineral Waters Association Ltd Cantrell and Cochrane (Southern) Ltd , soft drinks manufacturersRecords of various tea or rubber companies, all later purchased by the Caparo Group. There are no records of Caparo Group Limited itself. The archives are catalogued under the names of the individual companies within the group. The companies are:
Assam Frontier Tea Company;
Budla Beta Tea Company;
Dooars Tea Company;
Empire of India and Ceylon Tea Company;
Empire of India Holdings Limited;
Lanka Plantation Company;
Oriental Rubber Company;
Singlo Tea Company;
Singlo Holdings Limited.
All the records are held offsite and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.
Various.Records of Carlos and Thrale Limited, wine and spirits merchants, comprising agenda book for board meetings with rough minutes/notes and articles of association.
Carlos and Thrale Ltd , wine and spirits merchantsMinutes of preliminary meetings of the Cattle Feeding Stuffs Central Advisory Committee.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs Central Advisory CommitteeRecords of Cave Austin and Company Limited kept by the Stamp Family, comprising director’s report and printed material including Christmas brochures issued to staff, articles and event material. The survival of other records is unknown.
Cave Austin and Company LimitedProduction records of Charles Beasley Limited, brewers, including purchase ledger for malt and stout; record of malt, sugar and hops used; malt, beer, wine and spirits stock books; malt review and subsequent memorandum; list of breakages; and draught beer daily returns book.
Charles Beasley Ltd , brewersSales records of Charles Beasley Limited, brewers, including purchase journals for wines and spirits; wines, spirits and soft drinks sales ledgers; bottled beer ledger; 'foreign' beer ledger and beer sales ledger.
Charles Beasley Ltd , brewersRecords of Charles Kinloch and Company Limited, wine merchants, including Board minutes; share transfers; sales figures; printed reports; papers relating to mergers; correspondence and papers relating to financial matters; and price lists.
Charles Kinloch and Co Ltd , wine merchantsRecords of Cheerie Valley Tea Company, comprising memorandum and articles of association.
Cheerie Valley Tea CoRecords of Chest Components Limited, manufacturers of plywood chests, including articles of association; board minute book; papers relating to annual general meetings; statements of manufacturing, trading, and profit and loss accounts; and correspondence with other Harrisons and Crosfield offices.
Chest Components Ltd , manufacturers of plywood chestsRecords of wood brokers Churchill and Sim Limited, primarily diaires kept by Charles Churchill senior (1785-1844), and Charles Churchill junior (1823-1905), but also a letter book. The entries in the diaries relate to the timber trade, City politics and private affairs.
Churchill and Sim Ltd , wood brokersRecords of William Coare (d 1830), wine and brandy merchant, including Coare's apprenticeship indenture and freedom of the City of London; sales ledger; bonds for money owed to Coare; lists of stock and inventories; correspondence; and legal papers.
Coare , William , d 1803 , wine and brandy merchantRecords of Corney and Barrow Limited, wine and brandy merchants, 1799-1960, and subsidiaries George Nicholas and Son (1915-1938); William Coates and Company (1845-1960) and Williams and Day (1818-1912).
Corney and Barrow Ltd , wine and brandy merchants George Nicholas and Son , wine merchants William Coates and Co , wine merchants Williams and Day , wine and spirits merchantsArchives of the Madeira wine merchants Cossart, Gordon and Company. They relate both to its domestic business in Madeira and to its international operations, including its relations with customers and agents in the British Isles, continental Europe, the United States, the West Indies and (from c 1780) India and the Far East.
The documents are chiefly unbound business papers (in bundles, some original) and mostly dated between 1754 and 1898, together with a few family papers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and photocopies of items removed for sale in the late 20th century.
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Cossart, Gordon and Co , traders in Madeira wineProduction records for Courage and Company Limited, brewers, including lists of amounts brewed; lists of malt consumed; records of ingredients used; brewing books; mashing books; registers of beer; diaries of brewing; costs; papers relating to raw materials; licences; plans and sketches of brewing equipment.
Courage and Co Ltd , brewers Courage Ltd , brewersRecords of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited, brewers, including minutes and papers of the Group Brewing Committee; minutes of the Production Planning Committee; brewing book; papers relating to the production of Harp Lager; and promotional leaflets for brewing and storage apparatus.
Courage, Barclay and Simonds Ltd , brewersRecords of Crosfield, Lampard and Company, managers of tea and rubber plantations in Sri Lanka, including correspondence; financial accounts; and statements of tea shipments.
Crosfield, Lampard and Co , Colombo branch of Harrisons and Crosfield LtdRecords of Crosfield, Lampard, Clark and Company, tea traders, including financial accounts and correspondence.
Crosfield, Lampard, Clark and Co , tea tradersRecords of Davenport and Company Limited, tea traders, including articles of association; correspondence; financial accounts; and annual reports.
Access to staff records less than 70 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Davenport and Co Ltd , tea tradersRecords of DeClermont and Donner Limited, manufacturers, importers and exporters of and dealers in leather, and their subsidiary companies, 1894-1995. The records include minutes, memoranda and articles of association, accounts, papers relating to shares, and correspondence.
DeClermont and Donner Limited , manufacturers, importers and exporters of and dealers in leatherRecords of Dixon, Morgan and Company, wine and spirits traders, including incoming letters, vouchers, balance sheet and accounts.
Dixon, Morgan and Co , wine and spirits tradersRecords of Djasinga Rubber and Produce Company Limited, including articles of association; board minute books; general meetings minute book; annual reports; circulars to shareholders; and photographs of tea, rubber and coffee operations on the estates.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Djasinga Rubber and Produce Co Ltd