Coleção GB 0074 ACC/0333 - KENT AND SONS, HAMPTON {SOLICITORS}

36.8 linear metres

GB 0074 ACC/0333 1585-1933 Collection 36.8 linear metres Kent and Sons , solicitors

Francis J Kent was acting as a solicitor based on High Street, Hampton, by 1847. He was also the solicitor to and director of the Hampton Court Gas Company, founded in 1850 to supply gas to Hampton and the surrounding area. By 1855 Francis had been joined in the business by his sons and the name of the business was changed to Kent and Sons. In 1908 Kent and Sons was described as a 'solicitors and perpetual commissioners' run by Charles William Kent. The business was situated on High Street, Hampton, until at least 1937.

Received in 1940 (Acc/0333).

Records of Kent and Sons, solicitors, 1831-1923, including solicitor's diaries; financial records; day books; ledgers; letter books; clerk's records; returns of property; accounts of building materials; labour account book; estate records and attendance book.

Also client records, 1585-1933, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including Hampton parish records; maps and plans; papers relating to property, legal, family, parish, local government and businesses. These records include information relating to parish poor relief in Hampton.

Hampton Court Gas Company records, 1850-1892, including the deed of settlement, contracts and specifications, bills and receipts, lists of share-holders and share certificates, title deeds to property, correspondence and the seal of the company.

ACC/0333-1: Client records; ACC/0333-2: Office administration.

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the depositor.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For further records of Hampton Court Gas Company see ACC/1375.
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. July to October 2009 Law offices Government Public administration Local government Social welfare Poor relief People Personnel People by occupation Legal profession personnel Solicitors Information sciences Communications media Publications Books Day books Service industries Utilities Gas companies Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Family records Offices Buildings Architecture Parish records Business records Property Parish of Hampton , Church of England Hampton Court Gas Company x Hampton Court United Gas Company Kent and Sons , solicitors Hampton Richmond upon Thames London England UK Western Europe Europe

Received in 1940 (Acc/0333).

Records of Kent and Sons, solicitors, 1831-1923, including solicitor's diaries; financial records; day books; ledgers; letter books; clerk's records; returns of property; accounts of building materials; labour account book; estate records and attendance book.

Also client records, 1585-1933, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including Hampton parish records; maps and plans; papers relating to property, legal, family, parish, local government and businesses. These records include information relating to parish poor relief in Hampton.

Hampton Court Gas Company records, 1850-1892, including the deed of settlement, contracts and specifications, bills and receipts, lists of share-holders and share certificates, title deeds to property, correspondence and the seal of the company.

ACC/0333-1: Client records; ACC/0333-2: Office administration.

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the depositor.

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English

For further records of Hampton Court Gas Company see ACC/1375.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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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