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- 1862 (Creation)
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One production unit.
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WH Tomsett and Company succeeded Pound and Tomsett, listed in the London trade directories at 42 Trinity Square and 331 Edgeware Road (1872-6), and 12-14 Coopers' Row, Crutched Friars (1877-1879). WH Tomsett and Company are listed at 3 Savage Gardens, Crutched Friars (1880-1911) and 25 Savage Gardens (1912-1927).
Sinclair, Birch and Company are listed in the London trade directories at 8 Catherine Court (1900-1904), 26 Crutched Friars (1905-11), 27 Crutched Friars (1912-1913), 7 and 8 Idol Lane (1914-36), 33 St Mary at Hill (1937-71) and 8 St Mary at Hill (1972-3). Despite references in the directories of the 1930s onwards that Sinclair Birch was founded in 1871 there are no separate entries from WH Tomsett and Company before 1900.
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GB 0074 CLC/B/227-191 1862 Collection One production unit. W.H. Tomsett and Co , wine and spirit merchants
Sinclair, Birch and Co , wine and spirit merchants
WH Tomsett and Company succeeded Pound and Tomsett, listed in the London trade directories at 42 Trinity Square and 331 Edgeware Road (1872-6), and 12-14 Coopers' Row, Crutched Friars (1877-1879). WH Tomsett and Company are listed at 3 Savage Gardens, Crutched Friars (1880-1911) and 25 Savage Gardens (1912-1927).
Sinclair, Birch and Company are listed in the London trade directories at 8 Catherine Court (1900-1904), 26 Crutched Friars (1905-11), 27 Crutched Friars (1912-1913), 7 and 8 Idol Lane (1914-36), 33 St Mary at Hill (1937-71) and 8 St Mary at Hill (1972-3). Despite references in the directories of the 1930s onwards that Sinclair Birch was founded in 1871 there are no separate entries from WH Tomsett and Company before 1900.
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Copy deeds of the sale, in 1903, of the wine and spirit merchant businesses of WH Tomsett and Company and Sinclair, Birch and Company, which were both owned by William Henry Tomsett (died 1903).
One bundle.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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. Alcoholic beverages Information sources Documents Business records People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Wine merchants Spirits Sinclair , Birch and Co , wine and spirit merchants W.H. Tomsett and Co , wine and spirit merchants City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe Beverages Food Agricultural products
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Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Copy deeds of the sale, in 1903, of the wine and spirit merchant businesses of WH Tomsett and Company and Sinclair, Birch and Company, which were both owned by William Henry Tomsett (died 1903).
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One bundle.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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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