Collection GB 0074 LMA/4453/T - RAILWAY TAVERN LIMITED

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4453/T

Title

RAILWAY TAVERN LIMITED

Date(s)

  • 1919-1962 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.63 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Railway Tavern, located in Liverpool Street, near the train station, was owned originally by the Metropolitan Railway Company and was leased by the Company in 1907 to Thomas Read Hull for the term of 99 years.

The company of Hull and Venner Limited was formed in 1919 as a joint venture between James Henry Hull and the Forest Hill Brewery Company and the former agreed to leased the the Railway Tavern to Hull and Venner Limited for a period of 21 years. However, by 1922 it had been agreed that Hull and Venner Limited would take over the lease, compensating J.H. Hull accordingly, and in 1922 a special resolution was passed to increase the capital of the company to £25,000 which was divided into ordinary shares of £1 each. These were divided amongst the interested parties. The directors of the new company were Edwin John Venner and with James Henry Hull.

Whitbread gained an interest of 5,000 shares in The Railway Tavern through its takeover of the Forest Hill Brewery Company which became Whitbread Properties Limited. Whitbread bought out the rest of the Company in 1936 and then sold half of the shares to Bass Ratcliff & Gretton Limited in December of the same year.

In April 1937, it was agreed to change the name of the Company from Hull and Venner Limited to The Railway Tavern Company which was then brought under the auspices of Whitbread's Improved Public House Company Limited. John Edmund Martineau, John Stewart Eagles and Charles James Theobalds replaced James Hull and Edwin Venner as directors of the company although Martineau relinquished his post during the War and was replaced by Gilbert Keith Dunning.

The Railway Tavern was refitted in 2005.

Archival history

GB 0074 LMA/4453/T 1919-1962 Collection 0.63 linear metres Railway Tavern Co Ltd , public house management company

The Railway Tavern, located in Liverpool Street, near the train station, was owned originally by the Metropolitan Railway Company and was leased by the Company in 1907 to Thomas Read Hull for the term of 99 years.

The company of Hull and Venner Limited was formed in 1919 as a joint venture between James Henry Hull and the Forest Hill Brewery Company and the former agreed to leased the the Railway Tavern to Hull and Venner Limited for a period of 21 years. However, by 1922 it had been agreed that Hull and Venner Limited would take over the lease, compensating J.H. Hull accordingly, and in 1922 a special resolution was passed to increase the capital of the company to £25,000 which was divided into ordinary shares of £1 each. These were divided amongst the interested parties. The directors of the new company were Edwin John Venner and with James Henry Hull.

Whitbread gained an interest of 5,000 shares in The Railway Tavern through its takeover of the Forest Hill Brewery Company which became Whitbread Properties Limited. Whitbread bought out the rest of the Company in 1936 and then sold half of the shares to Bass Ratcliff & Gretton Limited in December of the same year.

In April 1937, it was agreed to change the name of the Company from Hull and Venner Limited to The Railway Tavern Company which was then brought under the auspices of Whitbread's Improved Public House Company Limited. John Edmund Martineau, John Stewart Eagles and Charles James Theobalds replaced James Hull and Edwin Venner as directors of the company although Martineau relinquished his post during the War and was replaced by Gilbert Keith Dunning.

The Railway Tavern was refitted in 2005.

Received in 2001 as a gift.

Records of the Railway Tavern Company Limited, including corporate minutes and correspondence, accounts and property files consisting of title deeds, mortgages and papers relating to stocks and bonds.

LMA/4453/T/01: Minutes and correspondence;
LMA/4453/T/02: Accounts;
LMA/4453/T/03: Alterations to property;
LMA/4453/T/04: Deeds;
LMA/4453/T/05: Stocks and shares.

Available for general access.

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 LMA/4453/M (Forest Hill Brewery Company) and LMA/4453/N (Improved Public House Company Ltd).

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 Railway Tavern Co Ltd , public house management company Whitbread and Co Ltd , brewers Forest Hill Brewery Co Ltd Improved Public House Co Ltd , public house management company Property Company archives People Personnel People by occupation Brewers Food industry personnel Breweries Deeds Architecture Buildings Commercial buildings Public houses Business records Corporate minutes Information sources Documents Financial records Industry Manufacturing industry Food industry Brewing industry Liverpool Street City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 2001 as a gift.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Railway Tavern Company Limited, including corporate minutes and correspondence, accounts and property files consisting of title deeds, mortgages and papers relating to stocks and bonds.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

LMA/4453/T/01: Minutes and correspondence;
LMA/4453/T/02: Accounts;
LMA/4453/T/03: Alterations to property;
LMA/4453/T/04: Deeds;
LMA/4453/T/05: Stocks and shares.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See also LMA/4453/M (Forest Hill Brewery Company) and LMA/4453/N (Improved Public House Company Ltd).

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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  • English

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