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- 1844-1950 (Creation)
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1.25 linear metres
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Biographical history
The Brewery, Easton Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, was established in the late eighteenth century by Biddle and King, later Biddle and Wheeler, then Wheeler and Company. Wheeler and Company, together with Leadbetter and Bird, Frogmoor Brewery, High Wycombe, were incorporated in 1898 as Wheeler's Wycombe Breweries Limited. Taken over by Ashby's Staines Brewery in 1929 and acquired with that company by H and G Simonds in 1931. In voluntary liquidation 1950.
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GB 0074 ACC/2305/66 1844-1950 Collection 1.25 linear metres Wheeler's Wycombe Breweries Ltd
The Brewery, Easton Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, was established in the late eighteenth century by Biddle and King, later Biddle and Wheeler, then Wheeler and Company. Wheeler and Company, together with Leadbetter and Bird, Frogmoor Brewery, High Wycombe, were incorporated in 1898 as Wheeler's Wycombe Breweries Limited. Taken over by Ashby's Staines Brewery in 1929 and acquired with that company by H and G Simonds in 1931. In voluntary liquidation 1950.
Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.
Records of Wheeler's Wycombe Breweries Limited, including Directors minute books; Board minute book; papers on expenditure on public houses; appropriation account; annual general meeting shareholders attendance book; register of members; register of mortgages; register of transfers; share transfer certificates; debenture stock ledgers and registers; register of probates and letters of administration; register of directors; register of directors of managers; annual returns under Companies Act 1929 and 1948; Directors' reports and accounts; salary books; schedule and valuation of properties.
Corporate: ACC/2305/66/001-022;
Staff: ACC/2305/66/023-024;
Premises: ACC/2305/66/025-026.
Restricted access: please see staff.
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Other records have been deposited in Buckinghamshire Record Office. For papers about liquidation see H and G Simonds, ACC/2305/60/030.
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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.
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Records of Wheeler's Wycombe Breweries Limited, including Directors minute books; Board minute book; papers on expenditure on public houses; appropriation account; annual general meeting shareholders attendance book; register of members; register of mortgages; register of transfers; share transfer certificates; debenture stock ledgers and registers; register of probates and letters of administration; register of directors; register of directors of managers; annual returns under Companies Act 1929 and 1948; Directors' reports and accounts; salary books; schedule and valuation of properties.
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Corporate: ACC/2305/66/001-022;
Staff: ACC/2305/66/023-024;
Premises: ACC/2305/66/025-026.
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Restricted access: please see staff.
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Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Other records have been deposited in Buckinghamshire Record Office. For papers about liquidation see H and G Simonds, ACC/2305/60/030.
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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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- English