Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [1890]-1914 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
4 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Joseph Preston and Sons were watch, clock and chronometer movement makers of Prescot, Lancashire.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/138 [1890]-1914 Collection 4 production units. Joseph Preston and Sons , watch, clock and chronometer movement makers
Joseph Preston and Sons were watch, clock and chronometer movement makers of Prescot, Lancashire.
Purchased by the Clockmakers' Company at an auction of the library of Professor David Torrens of Dublin. The Clockmakers' Company deposited these records in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1973, together with the business archives of Victor Kullberg (watch and chronometer maker of Islington) and E. Sills (watch and chronometer finisher of Tottenham), and lecture notes of Heinrich Otto concerning watchmaking. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
The records of Joseph Preston and Sons, watch, clock and chronometer movement makers, comprise two volumes containing descriptions of parts c 1890-5 and 1892-1914 (Mss 14558, 14560), a cash book 1893-1904 (Ms 14545) and a bank pass book 1907-12 (Ms 14559).
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Further records of Joseph Preston and Sons, chiefly financial records 1895-1942, were known in 1973 to be held by Merseyside County Museums, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EN.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased by the Clockmakers' Company at an auction of the library of Professor David Torrens of Dublin. The Clockmakers' Company deposited these records in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1973, together with the business archives of Victor Kullberg (watch and chronometer maker of Islington) and E. Sills (watch and chronometer finisher of Tottenham), and lecture notes of Heinrich Otto concerning watchmaking. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The records of Joseph Preston and Sons, watch, clock and chronometer movement makers, comprise two volumes containing descriptions of parts c 1890-5 and 1892-1914 (Mss 14558, 14560), a cash book 1893-1904 (Ms 14545) and a bank pass book 1907-12 (Ms 14559).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Further records of Joseph Preston and Sons, chiefly financial records 1895-1942, were known in 1973 to be held by Merseyside County Museums, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EN.
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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- Industry
- Industry » Manufacturing industry
- Industry » Manufacturing industry » Metal industry
- Scientific equipment
- Scientific equipment » Measuring instruments
- Scientific equipment » Measuring instruments » Time measuring instruments
- Information sources
- Documents
- Personnel » Workers
- Personnel
- Personnel » Workers » Skilled workers
- Personnel » Workers » Skilled workers » Craft workers
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Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English