York and London Fire and Life Assurance Company records comprising instruction booklet for agents.
York and London Fire and Life Assurance CoRecords of World Markets Company, comprising annual reviews of UK Pension Fund Service and guide booklets for World Markets Company services.
World Markets Company x WM Company , pension fund performance measurement servicesRecords 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.
World Marine and General Insurance Co LtdRecords of the World Auxiliary Insurance Corporation Limited, comprising minutes of general meetings, board meetings, and managerial committee meetings. They are stored off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
World Auxiliary Insurance Corporation LtdRecords of the Woolwich Consumers Protective Gas Company, later the Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Consumers Gas Company, 1844-1884, comprising minutes of meetings of the Directors and the Proprietors, and deed of settlement.
Woolwich Consumers Protective Gas Company x Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Consumers Gas CompanyRecords 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.
Woolwich Equitable Gas Light and Coke CompanyRecords of Wills, Faber and Dumas Limited comprising sea casualty books, 1916-20 and 1930-50; and a register of claims, 1932-54.
Wills, Faber and Dumas Ltd , insurance brokersWhittington 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 CoMinutes of the Westminster and General Insurance Company Limited.
Westminster and General Insurance Co LtdRecords of the Western Gas Light Company, 1821-1860, including deed of settlement, Acts of Parliament relating to the Company, licences, papers relating to property, legal case papers, minutes of Directors' meetings and minutes of Shareholders' meetings.
Western Gas Light CompanyRecords of the Western (Cannel) Gas Light Company, including half yearly reports and accounts submitted by the Directors of the Western Gas Light Company Limited to the shareholders; certificates of registration of the company; return of schedule to the deed of settlement, showing name, address and profession of shareholders; list of proprietors of the company, showing name, address and number of shares held by each; assignment of debts and shares as security for repayment; contract for lighting part of Notting Hill lighting district; agreements and licences for laying mains in various districts; schedule of deeds, drafts and correspondence for company premises in various locations including Kensington, Westminster, Marylebone and Kensal Green.
Western (Cannel) Gas Light CompanyRecords 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 CompanyDraft 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 SocietyCollection consists of papers reflecting Sue Ward's involvement with occupational pensions industry during the course of her career. These take the form of minutes and agendas, correspondence, consultation documents, publicity material and audio cassette tapes.
Ward , Sue , fl 1981-2002 , independent authority on pensionsRecords 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.
Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Epsom and District Gas CompanyRecords of the Wandsworth and Putney Gas Light and Coke Company, 1834-1912, comprising deed of settlement and series of minute books for Directors Meetings and Shareholders Meetings.
Wandsworth and Putney Gas Light and Coke Company x Wandsworth, Wimbledon and Epsom District Gas CompanyRecords of Nicholas Wakelam including Plessey Pension Trust Limited: reports and accounts (1980); Unigate Group Pension Scheme: reports and leaflets (1983-1987); Thorn EMI Pension Fund: trustees reports (1988-1994) and explanatory booklets (1988-1989).
Wakelam , Nicholas , fl 1980-1994 , pensions administratorRecords of the Victory Insurance Company, comprising annual reports and accounts, a prospectus, and a register of members.
Victory Insurance CoRecords of Vehicle and General Insurance Co Ltd, including financial material, correspondence, minutes, papers relating to stock, and journals. Records of subsidiary companies including Automobile and General Insurance Co Ltd; General and Commercial Motor Insurance Co Ltd; Metropolitan General Insurance Co Ltd; Transport Indemnity Insurance Co Ltd; General and Commercial Insurance Co Ltd; Vehicle and General Investment Services Ltd; Ecole Europe (England) Ltd; Arthur Edwards (Insurance) Ltd; J.M. Horsley Ltd; Talkwax Ltd and Wray and Co.
Records of Coopers and Lybrand, the liquidator, including Committee of Inspection minutes; general minutes; statement of affairs for Vehicle and General Insurance Co Ltd; statement of affairs for Automobile and General Insurance Co Ltd; statement of affairs for General and Commercial Motor Insurance Co Ltd; statement of affairs for Metropolitan General Insurance Co Ltd and statement of affairs for Transport Indemnity Insurance Co Ltd; correspondence files; finance records; stock records; and papers relating to creditors.
Vehicle and General Insurance Co LtdRecords 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 CoMinutes of the United British Insurance Company Limited.
United British Insurance Co LtdUnited Biscuits Pension Scheme explanatory booklet.
United Biscuits Pension SchemeThe collection mainly comprises of explanatory booklets for pension scheme members and associated publications such as annual reports which were used by UPS to produce Pension Scheme Profiles.
These are grouped by company (or in a few instances by pension scheme) and arranged alphabetically, following the arrangement of Pension Scheme Profiles. A file's scope and content lists which booklets and other publications are held for a company. The explanatory booklets often included update addendums, application forms or other inserts: these have only been noted if they are unusual. Occasionally a scheme's entry in Pension Scheme Profiles is held.
The collection also includes other PIRC and UPS publications, and publications Bryn Davies acted as a consultant on.
United Pension Services LtdRecords of the Union of Post Office Workers, comprising records of several local branches of the Union and an interesting variety of branch newsletters and journals. These reflect the wide range of activities which once came under the Post Office, such as the cable room branch and the telephonists branch; and also include mutual benefit societies and benevolent funds.
Union of Post Office WorkersRecords 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 SocietyPension Scheme Explanatory Booklets; 'Retirement and Death benefits for Unilever Employees in the UK: An Explanatory Booklet' (1980) and 'Guide for Members' pack (2008).
Unilever Plc , producers of foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care productsThe 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 companyMinute book of the Trading with the Enemy Joint Insurance Committee, 1939-1941.
Trading with the Enemy Joint Insurance CommitteeRecords of the Tottenham and District Gas Company, 1916-1948, consisting of agreements to supply gas and correspondence.
Tottenham and District Gas Company , 1928-1948 Tottenham District Light, Heat and Power Company , 1914-1928Records 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 CompanyRecords 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 caterersRecords of the Sydenham Gas and Coke Company, 1852-1866, comprising Deed of Settlement and one Shareholders and Directors meeting minute book.
Sydenham Gas and Coke CompanyDirectors' Meetings Minutes for the Surrey Gas Consumers Gas Company, 1877-1879.
Surrey Gas Consumers Gas CompanyPapers of the Sun Insurance Office Limited relating to policies; including policy registers; endorsement books; registers of losses by fire; papers relating to claims; and photo album of fire and tornado damage.
The 'Place in the Sun' project, funded originally by Heritage Lottery Fund and led by London Archive Users Forum in partnership with the City of London Corporation, is an on-going project to index a run of policy registers (Ms 11936). So far (August 2010) the years 1792-1839 have been indexed. For further details please see LMA's website.
THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.
Sun Fire Office x Sun Insurance Office Ltd x Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd x Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance GroupPapers of the Sun Insurance Office Limited relating to other organisations; including copy minute books of the Accident Offices Association, Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign), London Continental Fire Insurance Committee, and Fire Offices' Committee.
THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.
Sun Fire Office x Sun Insurance Office Ltd x Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd x Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance GroupPapers of the Sun Insurance Office Limited relating to meetings; including General Committee minutes; Directors' meeting minutes; Management Committee minutes; annual general meeting minutes; minutes of the Accounts Committee, Finance Committee, Town Committee, Country Committee, and Building Committee; minutes of special committees such as the Committee of Inquiry relating to firemen, fire engines and water supply; report books; and resolutions book.
THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.
Sun Fire Office x Sun Insurance Office Ltd x Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd x Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance GroupConstitutional records of the Sun Insurance Office Limited, including articles of agreement; deeds; registration as a joint stock company; laws and regulations of the company; and papers relating to the take-over of other companies.
THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.
Sun Fire Office x Sun Insurance Office Ltd x Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd x Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance GroupReports of the Sun Insurance Office Limited, comprising reports of visits to overseas branches in the USA, Canada, Europe, the Far East, Australasia, Africa, and South America.
THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.
Sun Fire Office x Sun Insurance Office Ltd x Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd x Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance GroupGeneral administrative records of Sun Insurance Office Limited, including standing order books; resolutions; papers regarding company policy, management and office organisation; papers relating to general insurance matters and other insurance companies; legal memoranda; newspaper cuttings; policy documents; prospectuses; circulars; blank policy forms; booklets; statistics; papers relating to Sun Life Assurance Society; papers relating to the London Fire Engine Establishment and the London Salvage Corps; and a history by FB Relton.
The administrative records cover the domestic division of the Sun into 'Town' and 'Country' departments, and also the records of the foreign division from its inception in 1836.
This section includes notebooks and scrapbooks compiled by Francis Boyer Relton, who was Office Secretary 1873-82.
THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.
Sun Fire Office x Sun Insurance Office Ltd x Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd x Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance GroupCorrespondence of the Sun Insurance Office Limited, including letter books, correspondence and cable log books of Managers and Secretaries; correspondence with branches in Argentina, Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Romania, Denmark, Uruguay, and the USA; correspondence with the Leeds branch; correspondence with the Patriotic Assurance Company, Dublin; and correspondence with the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited.
THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.
Sun Fire Office x Sun Insurance Office Ltd x Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd x Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance GroupRecords of Sun Insurance Office Limited relating to agencies, both UK and abroad; including instructions to agents; lists and registers of agents; scrapbooks and notebooks containing notes, press cuttings and notices about agencies; foreign agency memorandum books; and foreign instructions books for Africa, Central and South America, Asia, Australasia, Europe and Russia.
THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.
Sun Fire Office x Sun Insurance Office Ltd x Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd x Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance GroupState Assurance Company Limited records comprise share records 1891-1955 (Mss 16255, 16257-8), minutes 1891-1944 (Ms 16259) and miscellaneous papers 1917-29 (Ms 16256).
State Fire Insurance Co x State Assurance Co LtdRecords of the Staines Reservoir Joint Committee, comprising progress reports from the Engineer.
Staines Reservoir Joint CommitteeCorporate records of the Staines Reservoir Joint Committee, including Committee meeting attendance books, proceedings books and minutes; legal papers relating to property, rating, water supply, stocks and shares, Parliamentary issues and contracts; correspondence and debenture stock volumes.
Staines Reservoir Joint CommitteeFinancial records of the Staines Reservoir Joint Committee, including half-yearly accounts; journal; cash book; ledgers; register of wills and papers relating to payments to solicitors.
Staines Reservoir Joint Committee