Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/200 - SKELTON BROTHERS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/200

Title

SKELTON BROTHERS

Date(s)

  • c 1930-1953 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

4 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The firm of Skelton Brothers, corn factors, appears in the London directories by at least 1900, being based then at 50 Mark Lane and at 39 and 40 Old Corn Exchange. In 1942 it moved to 101 Leadenhall Street, and in 1953 to 18 Corn Exchange Chambers, Seething Lane. Thereafter it disappears from the directories.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/200 c 1930-1953 Collection 4 production units. Skelton Brothers , corn factors

The firm of Skelton Brothers, corn factors, appears in the London directories by at least 1900, being based then at 50 Mark Lane and at 39 and 40 Old Corn Exchange. In 1942 it moved to 101 Leadenhall Street, and in 1953 to 18 Corn Exchange Chambers, Seething Lane. Thereafter it disappears from the directories.

The following few surviving records of Skelton Brothers were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Corn Exchange Company Ltd on 17 November 1994, amongst the records of the Corn Exchange. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Skelton Brothers, corn factors, comprising grain sales expenses and receipt books 1939-53 and an address book of customers and suppliers [1920-1940].

24 HOURS NOTICE REQUIRED FOR ACCESS.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

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

For the records of the Corn Exchange, see CLC/B/058.

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.

January to May 2011. City of London Skelton Brothers , corn factors Grain trade Trade (practice) People People by occupation Personnel Agricultural personnel Corn factors Information sources Documents Business records London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The following few surviving records of Skelton Brothers were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Corn Exchange Company Ltd on 17 November 1994, amongst the records of the Corn Exchange. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Skelton Brothers, corn factors, comprising grain sales expenses and receipt books 1939-53 and an address book of customers and suppliers [1920-1940].

24 HOURS NOTICE REQUIRED FOR ACCESS.

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

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

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

For the records of the Corn Exchange, see CLC/B/058.

Finding aids

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

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Notes area

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area