Collection GB 0074 ACC/1890 - STAINES LINOLEUM COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/1890

Title

STAINES LINOLEUM COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1863-1949 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.57 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Linoleum Manufacturing Company was established in 1864. The basic principle behind the manufacturing process was discovered by Frederick Walton at Staines where the company had premises. In 1929 the company merged with the firm Barry Ostlero and Shepherd Limited and continued trading under the name of Barry and Staines Linoleum Limited.

Linoleum stopped being made in Staines in 1969. The plant was transferred to Newborough -Tyneside floor coverings.

Archival history

Unfortunately a substantial quantity of records for this Company were destroyed following the closure of the business and the refurbishment of the original premises for use as officer and warehouses.

GB 0074 ACC/1890 1863-1949 Collection 0.57 linear metres The Linoleum Manufacturing Company x Barry and Staines Linoleum Ltd

The Linoleum Manufacturing Company was established in 1864. The basic principle behind the manufacturing process was discovered by Frederick Walton at Staines where the company had premises. In 1929 the company merged with the firm Barry Ostlero and Shepherd Limited and continued trading under the name of Barry and Staines Linoleum Limited.

Linoleum stopped being made in Staines in 1969. The plant was transferred to Newborough -Tyneside floor coverings.

Unfortunately a substantial quantity of records for this Company were destroyed following the closure of the business and the refurbishment of the original premises for use as officer and warehouses.

Received in 1983

Records of the Linoleum Manufacturing Company, 1863-1949, including eight general meeting minute books (also containing balance sheets and trading accounts (profit and loss accounts from 1895), lists of shareholders and stockholders, creditors and debtors, investments and bills receivable); office papers; cards giving linoleum gauges and weights, rubber cloths gauges and weights and linoleum mean figures; and photographs of the offices, a French linoleum factory, a linoleum design and Frederick Walton seated at a desk.

In sections: minute books; papers; photographs.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

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

Other material relating to the Company can be found at Spelthorne Museum, Market Square, Staines.

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 Company archives Documents Business records People Corporate minutes People by occupation Personnel Industrial personnel Manufacturers Industrial products Synthetic products Linoleum Information sources The Linoleum Manufacturing Company x Barry and Staines Linoleum Ltd

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1983

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Linoleum Manufacturing Company, 1863-1949, including eight general meeting minute books (also containing balance sheets and trading accounts (profit and loss accounts from 1895), lists of shareholders and stockholders, creditors and debtors, investments and bills receivable); office papers; cards giving linoleum gauges and weights, rubber cloths gauges and weights and linoleum mean figures; and photographs of the offices, a French linoleum factory, a linoleum design and Frederick Walton seated at a desk.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

In sections: minute books; papers; photographs.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Other material relating to the Company can be found at Spelthorne Museum, Market Square, Staines.

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

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    Sources

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