Records of Zaloni Tea Estates Limited, comprising annual reports and accounts; and circulars.
Zaloni Tea Estates LtdRecords of the Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders, comprising: copy of the 1663 charter and bye-laws 1821 (Ms 1712 and Ms 2821), and miscellaneous papers relating to Company administration, 1799-1846 (Ms 3601).
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.
Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco BlendersRecords of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. The archives date from 1605, however, the early membership records are patchy, and the court minutes do not begin until the second half of the 18th century. The archive is not large, but it is notable for a series of scrapbooks recording the history of the company since 1345, begun by the company in 1934 and continuing to the present day.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.
Worshipful Company of GardenersRecords of Worshipful Company of Fruiterers, 1606-2000. The records include registers of freedom admissions; apprentice bindings from 1749; charters; Court minute books; papers of Richard Sherwin Gothard (Master 1982-3), the Company's Hon. Archivist; quarterage books; papers concerning the Company's Ridley Medal, awarded every three years, for outstanding services to fruit culture; financial accounts; letter books and photographs. No membership records are available before 1748.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.
Worshipful Company of FruiterersWestern Cachar Company Limited records comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1863-1915 (Ms 28169); register of directors and secretaries, 1901-1962 (Ms 28169A); and accounts, 1915-69 (Ms 28170-3).
Western Cachar Co Ltd , tea growersMemorandum and articles of association for Wallardie Tea Estates Limited.
Wallardie Tea Estates LtdThe records of WH Tindall and Company, tea and coffee growers and exporters, comprise records relating to the Imboolpittia and other estates including managers' and crop accounts, statements of expenditure and receipts, notes of coffee shipments and yields of tea and rubber, and papers relating to the administration of and materials for the estate 1841-1933; report and prospectus regarding land development 1917 and 1920; papers relating to the activities of various company managers and superintendents 1841-56; letters and papers regarding general trading, acquisition of estates and their cultivation 1842-88; papers regarding the Tindall family investments and trusts c 1872-1929; papers regarding the sale of land to W.H. Tindall 1843-55; papers regarding administration of W.H. Tindall's estate 1900-2; map showing coffee estates ca.1860 and notes on the history of the firm 1932-1966.
The records of Cotesworth and Powell Limited, import, export, and general merchants, comprise accounts relating to sugar plantations of Umhlanga Valley (Natal) Sugar and Coffee Company Limited 1866-87; notes in relation to credit arrangements, with other papers c 1870-90.
W. H. Tindall and Co , tea and coffee company Cotesworth and Powell Ltd , import, export, and general merchantsUpper Assam Tea Company Limited records comprise: board minutes, 1937-59 (Ms 28162A); accounts, 1862-1979 (Ms 28163-7); and historical notes, 1972 (Ms 28168).
Upper Assam Tea Co LtdCirculars of the United Cocoa Development Company Limited.
United Cocoa Development Co LtdRecords of Twining, Crosfield and Company Limited, tea wholesalers, including annual reports and accounts; correspondence; circulars; and financial accounts.
Twining, Crosfield and Co Ltd , tea wholesalersThanai Tea Company Limited records comprise: accounts, 1909-79 (Ms 28156-61); and agreement, 1909 (Ms 28162).
Thanai Tea Co LtdRecords of J Lyons and Company Limited and Lyons Tetley Limited, food manufacturers and caterers, W H and F J Horniman and Company Limited and Joseph Tetley and Company, tea merchants, 1849-1978.
This collection contains records relating to all three companies (Horniman, Lyons and Tetley) when they were trading as separate businesses and when they were united under various incarnations of the one "Lyons" name. (They include references to other companies such as Symbol biscuits which Lyons took over in 1944)
However, despite the fact that some corporate records such as minutes have been retained by the Tetley Group Limited the majority of this collection is in fact composed of records relating to the Lyons company (which is necessarily linked with the former due to the fact it was a major competitor for years before taking it over in 1973).
Marketing and publicity aspects are the most heavily represented. As such this is a visually appealing collection and of particular note are the photograph albums and volumes of artwork, product labels and advertisments which are a testiment to the impact tea drinking has had on British society and its way of life.
Joseph Tetley and Co , tea merchants W H and F J Horniman and Co Ltd , tea merchants J Lyons and Company Limited , food manufacturers and caterers Lyons Tetley Ltd , food manufacturers and caterersThis is a collection of records of various companies involved in the trading of Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] and Indian teas. It consists of import registers for an un-named company, auction catalogues for private trade teas and photographs of tea plantations, possibly in Ceylon, and the offices and staff of R.M. Holborn and Sons Limited, tea and coffee merchants.
R M Holborn and Sons , tea and coffee merchantsTarrapore Tea Company records comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1875-1949 (Ms 28154); and plans, 1881-92 (Ms 28155).
Tarrapore Tea CoRecords of Tait and Company Limited, tea merchants, including correspondence; minutes; memoranda; financial accounts; and press cuttings.
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).
Tait and Co Ltd , tea merchantsRecords of Sumatra Tea Estates Limited, comprising articles of association, annual reports and accounts, and circulars.
Sumatra Tea Estates LtdLetter book of Stringer and Richardson, merchants and tea and spice dealers.
Stringer and Richardson , merchants and tea and spice dealersThe records of general merchants Steel Brothers and Company Limited mainly comprise annual reports and accounts, photographs and unpublished histories.
Steel Brothers and Co Ltd , general merchantsFinancial accounts of the South African Nectar Tea Company Limited.
South African Nectar Tea Co LtdRecords 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.
Singlo Tea Co LtdRecords of the Silonibari Tea Company comprising memorandum and articles of association.
Silonibari Tea CoScottish Assam Tea Company Limited records comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1865, 1924 (Ms 28112); ledger, 1927-1969 (Ms 28113); plans, 1863-1864, c 1925 (Ms 28114-15); and correspondence and other papers 1927 (Ms 28116).
Scottish Assam Tea Co LtdSalonah Tea Company Limited records comprise: directors' and shareholders' minute books, 1885-1956 (Ms 28106); and financial accounts, 1885-1978 (Ms 28107-11).
Salonah Tea Co LtdRecords of Sabah Plantations Limited, including articles of association, board minute book, annual reports, correspondence, and loan agreements.
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).
Sabah Plantations LtdRecords of the Robur Tea Company Limited, including articles of association, annual accounts, and summary of balances.
Robur Tea Co LtdRecords of Pritchard and Burton, tobacco manufacturers. The collection contains detailed financial records belonging to the company including balance sheets, private ledgers, departmental account books, journals, cash book, accounts of Alfred Burton's investments and accounts of Edward Pritchard Burton's Estate. There are also photograph albums containing staff portraits (LMA/4577/02/01) and a draft history of the company. The accounts of Alfred Burton's investments are of particular interest as they contain records of payments made to various companies around the world, such as the Grand Trunk Railway, Canada and De Beers consolidated mines (LMA/4577/01/06). The private ledgers also contain detailed capital accounts showing the growth in proprietor assets through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (LMA/4577/01/02).
Pritchard and Burton , tobacco manufacturersRecords of Phillips, Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, traders in tea, including minutes of meetings, papers concerning the formation of a branch in Kenya, and papers concerning the formation of a distribution company in Africa.
Phillips, Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd , traders in teaThe records of Peek Brothers and Winch Limited, tea merchants, comprise general meetings minutes 1895-1919; correspondence presented at board meetings 1895-1912; minutes 1903-26, and deeds and papers 1892-1937 of the Trustees of Debenture Stock, with trust deed for securing debenture stock 1897; trade mark book 1896-1944 and newspaper cuttings book 1896-1918. Also records of Francis Peek, Winch and Company comprising a private ledger 1855-78.
Peek Brothers and Winch Ltd , tea merchants Francis Peek, Winch and Co , tea merchantsRecords of the Bikam Rubber Estate Limited, comprising articles of association, annual reports, and circulars to shareholders.
Bikam Rubber Estate LtdRecords of the Pandan Tea Company comprising: board minute books, 1933-69; and annual general meetings minutes, 1934-71.
Pandan Tea CoRecords of the Ouvah Coffee Company Limited, comprising a cash book and notes on the history of the company and of coffee planting in Ceylon.
Ouvah Coffee Co LtdRecords of the Oriental Tea Company, comprising annual statements of accounts.
Oriental Tea CoNorthern Dooars Tea Company Limited records comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1961 (Ms 27903); directors' and shareholders' meeting minutes 1899-1954 (Ms 27904-5); and accounts 1899-1970 (Ms 27906-8).
Northern Dooars Tea Co LtdRecords of Non Such Tea Estates Limited, comprising correspondence relating to the sale of shareholdings.
Non Such Tea Estates LtdRecords of the Mjagram Tea Company, comprising memorandum and articles of association.
Mjagram Tea CoRecords of the Meppadi Wynaad Tea Company, including circulars to shareholders.
Meppadi Wynaad Tea Co LtdRecords of Malayalam Plantations Limited, including articles of association, minute books, annual reports, financial accounts, circulars to shareholders, inventories, and photographs of operations on the tea 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).
Malayalam Plantations LtdRecords of the Lunuva (Ceylon) Tea and Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association, minute books, annual reports, circulars to shareholders, statements of yields, statistics regarding the estates, maps of the estates, and correspondence.
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).
Lunuva (Ceylon) Tea and Rubber Estates LtdLondon Copra Association records comprising minutes of committees, general meetings and the board of appeal; and financial accounts.
London Copra Association , society for traders in coconut kernelsMinutes of the Lanka Plantation Company Limited.
Lanka Plantation Co Ltd , tea growersRecords of Lampard, Clark and Company, tea traders, including correspondence; financial accounts; and statements of shipments of tea and rubber.
Lampard, Clark and Co , tea tradersRecords of the Kuala Selangor Rubber Company Limited, including articles of association, board minutes, annual reports, notices and circulars to shareholders.
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).
Kuala Selangor Rubber Co LtdRecords of Koyah Tea Company Limited, comprising minutes of meetings.
Koyah Tea Co LtdRecords of the Kertasarie Tea Company Limited, including board minute book, circulars to shareholders, correspondence, and photograph album of tea and coffee estates.
Kertasarie Tea Co LtdKalline Tea Company Limited records comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1926-48 (Ms 27771); and accounts, 1927-71 (Ms 27772-4).
Kalline Tea Co LtdPapers of I.T.M. Syndicate Limited, tea manufacturer, relating to the liquidation of the company.
I.T.M. Syndicate Ltd , tea manufacturerRecords of Irwin Harrisons and Whitney Incorporated, tea exporters and importers, including minutes of meetings; byelaws; correspondence; and financial accounts.
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).
Irwin Harrisons and Whitney Inc , tea tradersRecords of the companies making up the Inchcape Group, including:
Also published history 'Pioneering Spirit: The story behind Inchcape's remarkable journey', 2010.
Records of Inchcape and Company Limited (1939-2010), including subject files belonging to Kenneth James William Mackay (third Earl of Inchcape) and other directors and seniors. Files concern the formation of the holding company in 1958 and also individual companies within the group.
Inchcape and Co LtdProgrammes, schedules and certificates from various horticultural shows, 1974-1983; including Middlesex County Shows, local horticultural and allotment society shows, local garden guild shows and the City of London Flower Show.
VariousRecords of Harrisons, King and Irwin Limited, traders in silk, tea and cotton, including board minutes; correspondence; memoranda; financial accounts; and analysis of income and expenditure.
Access to 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).
Harrisons, King and Irwin Ltd , traders in silk, tea and cotton