Collection GB 0074 LMA/4453/L - WELWYN RESTAURANTS LIMITED

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4453/L

Title

WELWYN RESTAURANTS LIMITED

Date(s)

  • 1920-1958 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.7 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Whitbread and Company was offered a majority sharehold in Welwyn Restaurants Limited in 1937 following the success of Whitbread's Improved Public House Company. This gave the Brewery a monopoly on supply to the Welwyn Garden City's five pubs. Welwyn Garden City is a planned town in Hertfordshire, founded in 1920.

Archival history

GB 0074 LMA/4453/L 1920-1958 Collection 0.7 linear metres Welwyn Restaurants Ltd

Whitbread and Company was offered a majority sharehold in Welwyn Restaurants Limited in 1937 following the success of Whitbread's Improved Public House Company. This gave the Brewery a monopoly on supply to the Welwyn Garden City's five pubs. Welwyn Garden City is a planned town in Hertfordshire, founded in 1920.

Received in 2001 as a gift.

Records of Welwyn Restaurants Limited, mainly corporate and financial records dated from the 1920s through to the 1960s; including minute books from directors' meetings, Company registers, seal books and accounts.

LMA/4453/L/01: Minutes; LMA/4453/L/02: Registers and ledgers; LMA/4453/L/03: Accounts.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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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. November 2009 to February 2010 People Business administration People by occupation Personnel Food industry personnel Brewers Architecture Buildings Commercial buildings Breweries Business records Corporate minutes Information sources Documents Financial records Industry Manufacturing industry Food industry Brewing industry Management Business management Company archives Welwyn Restaurants Ltd Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire England UK Western Europe Europe Business

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 2001 as a gift.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Welwyn Restaurants Limited, mainly corporate and financial records dated from the 1920s through to the 1960s; including minute books from directors' meetings, Company registers, seal books and accounts.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

LMA/4453/L/01: Minutes; LMA/4453/L/02: Registers and ledgers; LMA/4453/L/03: Accounts.

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

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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