Records of Young and Windsor, solicitors, comprising articles of partnership in the business of solicitor, 1896.
Young and Windsor , solicitorsYork and London Fire and Life Assurance Company records comprising instruction booklet for agents.
York and London Fire and Life Assurance CoRecords of William Edward Brooks, architect, 1887-1981, consisting of documents relating to William Brooks' education and career, financial records including account books, and photographs and published descriptions of his architectural work. Also included are some personal papers belonging to William's father, Edward Brooks.
Brooks , William Edward , 1879-1945 , architectAgreement between Abel Wilkinson and John Timbrell concerning their partnership as linen drapers.
Wilkinson , Abel , fl 1698 , linen draper Timbrell , John , fl 1698 , linen draperRecords of John Whitwell, general merchant, comprising account books, 1815-22; memorandum books, 1819-20; letterbooks, 1817-1818 and 1821-1823; business diary, 1821-1822 and correspondence with business associates and family, 1819-1829.
Whitwell , John , fl 1815-1829 , general merchantWhittington Life Assurance Company records comprise constitutional documents, records of policies, prospectuses and other administrative material. 24 hours notice is required for access to this material.
Whittington Life Assurance CoInterment order book for the Whitechapel Quaker Burial Ground, 1777-1781, comprising printed orders to the gravemaker, annotated with the name, address, age, date and cause of death, monthly meeting membership and date of burial of the deceased.
Whitechapel Quaker Burial GroundRecords of the Whitechapel and Bow Railway, comprising Board meeting minutes; General meeting minutes; minutes of the London, Tilbury and Southend and Metropolitan District Railways Whitechapel and Bow Railway Joint Committee; and minutes of the Midland and Metropolitan District Railways Whitechapel and Bow Joint Committee.
Whitechapel and Bow RailwayRecords of Whitbread Properties Limited, a subsidiary of Whitbread and Company Limited, brewers, including corporate registers, accounts and estate ledgers.
Whitbread and Co Ltd , brewers Whitbread Properties LtdRecords of Whitbread International Limited, a subsidiary company of Whibread and Company Limited, brewers. Records include ledgers detailing Whitbread exports and ship stocks from the 1920s through to the 1970s along with advertising from the launch of various Whitbread products abroad most notably that of Mackeson Stout and Whitbread Premium Draught Beer.
Whitbread International Ltd Whitbread and Co Ltd , brewersCorporate records of Whitbread and Company Limited, brewers, including minutes of various corporate meetings (1889-1977), articles of association, partnership documents covering all major partnership agreements including the original agreement between Mr. Whitbread and Mr. Sewell dated 1761, documents relating to the establishment of the limited company including reports and property valuations, papers regarding Company shares, trusts, agreements and patents, contract books, directors' fees journals, registers of seals (1890-1979), royal warrants (1927-1973), policy documents and Company correspondence.
Also included are a substantial collection of managing director Sir Sydney Nevile's papers covering not only all aspects of his work at Whitbread but also his other commitments such as the Institute of Brewing and the Brewing Advisory Committee.
Whitbread and Co Ltd , brewersRecords of Whiffen and Son Ltd, manufacturing chemists, 1752-1972, including history of the company; articles of partnership and other contracts and agreements; legal documents relating to property; correspondence; circulars; financial accounts; papers relating to shares and shareholders; stock records; newspaper cuttings; photographs; staff wages books and pensions papers; records relating to staff associations and sports clubs including minute books; reports on chemical manufacture, laboratory notebooks and chemical analyses; papers relating to sales; papers relating to imports and foreign suppliers; advertisements; registers of product labels; samples of packaging; rules, regulations and legislation regarding factories and safety measures; papers regarding the Second World War including war damage to factories and papers relating to staff on active duty.
Also records of Saint Amand Manufacturing Company Limited including ledgers, letter books and journals.
Whiffen and Son Ltd , manufacturing chemists St Amand Manufacturing Co LtdBoard minute books of Westminster and Kensington Freeholds Limited.
Westminster and Kensington Freeholds LtdRecords of the West Middlesex Waterworks Company relating to water supply and distribution, including Engineer's reports; Engineer's diaries for technical matters and workmen's time; Inspectors' technical diaries; revenue survey volumes; water supply and distribution volumes and files.
West Middlesex Waterworks CompanyStaff records of the West Middlesex Waterworks Company, comprising correspondence relating to the appointment of JA Christie.
West Middlesex Waterworks CompanyProperty records of the West Middlesex Waterworks Company including trade rental books and rental volumes.
West Middlesex Waterworks CompanyCorporate records of the West Middlesex Waterworks Company, including Board of Directors minutes; General Assembly minutes; Committee minutes; letter books and correspondence; legal papers; records relating to stocks and shares; files on Royal Commissions on water supply; and general files of the Secretary.
West Middlesex Waterworks CompanyFinancial records of the West Middlesex Waterworks Company, including ledgers; cash books and journals.
West Middlesex Waterworks CompanyDeclaration of trusts of £2,400 capital stock (being 24 shares) in the West Middlesex Water Works, assigned for securing £1,400, for Charles Lestock Boileau of Castleneau, esq. and William Tierney Clark of Hammersmith, engineer, 1841; with absolute assignment of the same for £1,120, 1843.
West Middlesex Water WorksRecords of the West Java Engineering Company including annual reports and accounts; correspondence; and general reports.
West Java Engineering CoRecords of the Wembley Park Estate Company, property developers, comprising minutes of General meetings and minutes of Board meetings.
Wembley Park Estate Company , property developersDraft deed of settlement establishing the Wellington Reversionary Annuity and Life Assurance Society; with papers relating to the sale of all their assets, policies, and property to the India and London Life Assurance Company.
Wellington Reversionary Annuity and Life Assurance SocietyRecords of the Watford Joint Railway Committee; including minutes of Committee meetings; general ledger; journal; cash book and financial accounts.
Metropolitan Railway Company London North Eastern Railway CompanyRecords of the Watford and Edgware Railway, comprising minutes of Board meetings and minutes of General meetings.
Watford and Edgware Railway CompanyDissolution of the partnership of Sir Joshua Walmsley, William Allcard and George Frederick Smith, proprietors of The Daily News and The Express, 6 July 1857.
Walmsley , Sir , Joshua , 1794-1871 , Knight , Member of Parliament and reformer Allcard , William , b 1801 , engineerRecords of Wallace Brothers Nominees Limited including board and AGM minute books, annual reports, register of members and share register, and seal register.
Wallace Brothers Nominees LimitedRecords of Wallace Brothers Finance Limited including board minute book and register of members and share register.
Wallace Brothers Finance LimitedRecords of Wallace Brothers Developments Limited including board, AGM and EGM minute books and register of members and share register.
Wallace Brothers Developments LimitedRecords of Leslie and Anderson Limited including records of Leslie and Anderson Limited, Leslie and Anderson (Holdings) Limited and The Leslie and Anderson Group. Also contains records of subsidiaries: Leslie and Anderson (Coffee) Limited, Leslie and Anderson (East Africa) Limited, Warehousing and Forwarding Company of East Africa Limited and Indian Carpets Limited (CLC/B/207/MS40815 - MS40824, MS40831 - MS40854, MS40921, MS40924).
Leslie and Anderson LimitedRecords of Hermes Securities Limited including minutes of the board, directors reports and accounts and register of members and share register. Also includes minutes and directors reports and accounts for Hermes Credit Corporation Limited (CLC/B/207/MS40937 - MS40941).
Hermes Securities LimitedRecords of Wallace Brothers concerning Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; board minutes; annual reports and accounts; agreements; papers relating to shareholders; correspondence; financial records; and papers relating to branches in Rangoon, Moulmein, Bangkok and Borneo.
Bombay Burma Trading Corporation Limited xx Burmah Trading Company LimitedRecords of the Victory Insurance Company, comprising annual reports and accounts, a prospectus, and a register of members.
Victory Insurance CoRecords of Victoria Park Cemetery, later known as Meath Gardens, Bethnal Green, comprising lists of names and dates of death, 1847-1879, transcribed from tombstones in April 1893 and plan showing position of graves, numbered, with key to names of persons buried, 1891.
Victoria Park Cemetery Company LtdVictoria Embankment Properties Limited records comprise minutes of board meetings and of annual general meetings, papers submitted to board meetings, directors' annual reports and accounts, balance sheets, profit and loss accounts, and directors' annual reports, journals, ledgers, cash books, revenue ledgers, tenants accounts and papers concerning the construction of Electra House, Temple Place, Victoria.
Victoria Embankment Properties Ltd , property management companyDeed of partnership between Cuthbert Coates Smith and Bernard Edgar Aylwin to trade for five years as engineers as The Vaal Motor and Launch Company, 9th January 1902.
The Vaal Motor and Launch Company , TwickenhamRecords of the University Life Assurance Society, including the Royal Charter and supplemental charters; minute books; share certificates; life policy registers; register of deaths of policyholders; letter books; legal case papers and register of probates.
University Life Assurance SocietyRecords of the United Kingdom Life Assurance Company comprising out-letter book and Directors' reports.
United Kingdom Life Assurance CoRecords of the Union Surplus Lands Company, comprising minutes of Board meetings and minutes of General meetings.
Union Surplus Lands CompanyRecords of the Union of Synagogues, consisting of articles of agreement, minutes of the conjoint committee of the Great, New and Hambro Synagogues, minutes of the Conjoint Committee for managing the West Ham Burial Ground, correspondence, accounts and burial returns.
PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.
Union of SynaoguesRecords of the Union Construction Company, manufacturer of tube and tram cars, comprising minutes of Board meetings and minutes of General meetings.
Union Construction Company , manufacturer of tube and tram carsRecords 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.
Union Assurance SocietyRecords of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited, including minutes of Board meetings; minutes of General meetings; minuts of General Managers Conferences; minutes of the Finance Committee, Works Committee, Advisory Committee and General Purposes Committee; minutes of meetings of Stockholders; minutes of meetings of Executive Officers; registers of designs, trademarks and licences; registers of monthly expenditure; monthly traffic reports and statistics; financial reports; departmental reports; technical handbooks and staff manuals; papers relating to foreign visits by staff; diaries; and publications.
Underground Electric Railways Company of London LtdThe collection consists of copies of Pension Fund Indicators (1994-2009 in hard copy, 1973-2008 in PDF format) and the annual Surveys of Investment Management Arrangements (1993-2000 in hard copy, 1990-2000 in PDF format). The PDF documents are currently held on 2 CDs.
Series are arranged and numbered by publication date: this numbering system has been applied consistently across both formats.
UBS Global Asset Management Phillips and Drew , brokerage companyRecords of the Tramways M.E.T. Omnibus Company, comprising minutes of Board meetings; minutes of the Director's Motor Bus Company; minutes of General meetings and minutes of the Share Allotment Committee.
Tramways M.E.T. Omnibus CompanyRecords of various property companies, all associated with Trafalgar House Developments Limited. The records include constitutional documents; annual reports and accounts; financial material; minutes; correspondence; registers of leases and rents; lists of shareholders; deeds and papers relating to property.
Various.Articles of partnership for 'the purchasing, manufacturing and vending of silk, worsted, muslin, calicoe, and all other sorts of shawls and printed muslins...', drawn up between Thomas Weatherall, Bartholomew Sewell, of Norwich, weaver, and Joseph Spurrell, of Friday Street, weaver.
Thomas Weatherall and Sons , wholesale haberdashersRecords of Thomas Poulter and Alfred Cooper, stationers including articles of partnership in wholesale stationery business
Thomas Poulter and Alfred Cooper , stationersRecords of Thirteen Rood Lane Limited including accounts.
Thirteen Rood Lane LimitedRecords 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.
Chelsea Waterworks Company Darenth Valley Main Sewerage Board East London Waterworks Company Grand Junction Waterworks Company Kent Waterworks Company Lambeth Waterworks Company Lee Conservancy Catchment Board Metropolitan Water Board New River Company Shadwell Waterworks Company Staines Reservoir Joint Committee Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company Thames Water Authority West Kent Main Sewerage Board West Middlesex Waterworks CompanyCorrespondence and papers of the Technical Advisory and Service Company Limited.
Technical Advisory and Service Co Ltd