Collection GB 0074 LMA/4453/XC - MACKESON AND COMPANY LIMITED

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 0074 LMA/4453/XC

Titre

MACKESON AND COMPANY LIMITED

Date(s)

  • 1925-1959 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Collection

Étendue matérielle et support

0.01 linear metres

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

The Mackeson brewery in Hythe became part of the Whitbread organisation when it was acquired in 1929 along with Jude Hanbury and Company Limited. Both companies were merged with Leney and Sons to form a group refered to collectively by Whitbread as The Kent Breweries.

Although reports vary, the brewery could have been founded as early as 1669 although it didn't begin commercial production of beer until 1907. It was most well known for its Mackeson recipe of milk stout using milk sugar, patented in 1875, which it began to produce in 1910. However, post-war disapproval from the Government of its claims over milk content resulted in the dropping the word "milk" from its labels. By the mid-1960s Mackeson accounted for over half of all Whitbread production however, owing to its low alcohol content of 3%, it fell out of fashion. Following the takeover of Whitbread by Interbrew it was brewed at their Magor brewery in Wales before being contracted to Young's.

The Mackeson line also includes triple (XXX) stout and XXXX stout brewed for both the American and British markets.

Histoire archivistique

GB 0074 LMA/4453/XC 1925-1959 Collection 0.01 linear metres Mackeson and Co Ltd , brewers

The Mackeson brewery in Hythe became part of the Whitbread organisation when it was acquired in 1929 along with Jude Hanbury and Company Limited. Both companies were merged with Leney and Sons to form a group refered to collectively by Whitbread as The Kent Breweries.

Although reports vary, the brewery could have been founded as early as 1669 although it didn't begin commercial production of beer until 1907. It was most well known for its Mackeson recipe of milk stout using milk sugar, patented in 1875, which it began to produce in 1910. However, post-war disapproval from the Government of its claims over milk content resulted in the dropping the word "milk" from its labels. By the mid-1960s Mackeson accounted for over half of all Whitbread production however, owing to its low alcohol content of 3%, it fell out of fashion. Following the takeover of Whitbread by Interbrew it was brewed at their Magor brewery in Wales before being contracted to Young's.

The Mackeson line also includes triple (XXX) stout and XXXX stout brewed for both the American and British markets.

Received in 2001 as a gift.

Records of Mackeson and Company Limited, brewers, consisting of a series of reports from 1925 to 1959.

Records arranged in one series: LMA/4453/XC/01: Accounts.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.

English

Fit

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

See also references LMA/4453/A/09, LMA/4453/XA, and LMA/4453/XB.

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.

November 2009 to February 2010 People People by occupation Personnel Food industry personnel Brewers Architecture Buildings Breweries Commercial buildings Information sources Documents Business records Industry Manufacturing industry Food industry Brewing industry Management Business management Business administration Company archives Mackeson and Co Ltd , brewers Hythe Kent England UK Western Europe Europe Business

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Received in 2001 as a gift.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Records of Mackeson and Company Limited, brewers, consisting of a series of reports from 1925 to 1959.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Accroissements

Mode de classement

Records arranged in one series: LMA/4453/XC/01: Accounts.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Conditions de reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

See also references LMA/4453/A/09, LMA/4453/XA, and LMA/4453/XB.

Instruments de recherche

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

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

Unités de description associées

Descriptions associées

Zone des notes

Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Lieux

Mots-clés - Noms

Mots-clés - Genre

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

Identifiant du service d'archives

London Metropolitan Archives

Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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.

Statut

Niveau de détail

Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

Langue(s)

  • anglais

Écriture(s)

    Sources

    Zone des entrées