Collection GB 0074 ACC/2305/23-2 - NICHOLSON AND SONS: SALES RECORDS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/2305/23-2

Title

NICHOLSON AND SONS: SALES RECORDS

Date(s)

  • 1929-1951 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2.23 linear metres (extent of all 4 Nicholson and Sons subfonds combined).

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

A brewery at 77 High Street, Maidenhead was founded in 1840 by William Nicholson whose sons joined him in 1877. Nicholson and Sons Limited was incorporated in 1903. The company acquired Langton's Brewery, Market Street, Maidenhead, in 1906, and Fuller, Story and Company Limited, Bell Brewery, King Street, Maidenhead, in 1922.

They were a wholly owned subsidiary of Courage and Barclay by Nov 1959. The brewery closed in February 1961 and the company entered voluntary liquidation in 1967.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/2305/23-2 1929-1951 Collection 2.23 linear metres (extent of all 4 Nicholson and Sons subfonds combined). Nicholson and Sons Ltd , brewers

A brewery at 77 High Street, Maidenhead was founded in 1840 by William Nicholson whose sons joined him in 1877. Nicholson and Sons Limited was incorporated in 1903. The company acquired Langton's Brewery, Market Street, Maidenhead, in 1906, and Fuller, Story and Company Limited, Bell Brewery, King Street, Maidenhead, in 1922.

They were a wholly owned subsidiary of Courage and Barclay by Nov 1959. The brewery closed in February 1961 and the company entered voluntary liquidation in 1967.

Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.

Sales records of Nicholson and Sons Limited, brewers, comprising 'Mr W R N's papers and notes regarding the triangle trade mark 1929 (Bass and Co) 'No 4 Box', pursued in High Court and, in 1951, House of Lords.

The records of Nicholson and Sons have been arranged in 4 sub-fonds:
ACC/2305/23-1: Corporate records
ACC/2305/23-2: Sales records
ACC/2305/23-3: Staff records
ACC/2305/23-4: General records.

Restricted access: please see staff.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

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Fit

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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

Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Sales records of Nicholson and Sons Limited, brewers, comprising 'Mr W R N's papers and notes regarding the triangle trade mark 1929 (Bass and Co) 'No 4 Box', pursued in High Court and, in 1951, House of Lords.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The records of Nicholson and Sons have been arranged in 4 sub-fonds:
ACC/2305/23-1: Corporate records
ACC/2305/23-2: Sales records
ACC/2305/23-3: Staff records
ACC/2305/23-4: General records.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Restricted access: please see staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

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London Metropolitan Archives

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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Language(s)

  • English

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