Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/059-04 - WILLIAMS AND DAY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/059-04

Title

WILLIAMS AND DAY

Date(s)

  • 1818-1912 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

15 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

This firm of wine and spirit merchants traded as Williams and Day until 1826 when it became John Day, and then successively J. Day, Watson and Son (c.1845), Day, Watson, Son and Watney (1898), and Lister and Beck and Day, Watson, Son and Watney (1914). The firm was taken over c.1933 by Messrs Corney and Barrow. Williams and Day and its successors had premises in Fowkes Buildings, Tower Street (1814-18); Water Lane, Tower Street (1819-1912); 25 Laurence Pountney Lane (1913-21), 22 Tower Hill (1922-32) and 6 Gresham House, Old Broad Street (from 1933).

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/059-04 1818-1912 Collection 15 production units. Williams and Day , wine and spirits merchants

This firm of wine and spirit merchants traded as Williams and Day until 1826 when it became John Day, and then successively J. Day, Watson and Son (c.1845), Day, Watson, Son and Watney (1898), and Lister and Beck and Day, Watson, Son and Watney (1914). The firm was taken over c.1933 by Messrs Corney and Barrow. Williams and Day and its successors had premises in Fowkes Buildings, Tower Street (1814-18); Water Lane, Tower Street (1819-1912); 25 Laurence Pountney Lane (1913-21), 22 Tower Hill (1922-32) and 6 Gresham House, Old Broad Street (from 1933).

The records of Williams and Day were deposited by Corney and Barrow at the Vintners' Company, and transferred from Vintners' Hall to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1974. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Williams and Day, wine and spirits merchants, comprising bills, orders, receipts, accounts of customs paid, goods transfer notices and other financial papers 1818-28 (Mss 15553, 15555-61 and 15563); letters and miscellaneous papers 1818-1903 (Mss 15554 and 15562); price lists 1896-1912 (Ms 155564) and photographs (Ms 15565).

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

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

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.

November 2010 to January 2011. Business records Industry Manufacturing industry Food industry Wine industry People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Wine merchants Documents Information sources Alcoholic beverages Spirits Wine Williams and Day , wine and spirits merchants City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe Beverages Food Agricultural products

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The records of Williams and Day were deposited by Corney and Barrow at the Vintners' Company, and transferred from Vintners' Hall to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1974. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Williams and Day, wine and spirits merchants, comprising bills, orders, receipts, accounts of customs paid, goods transfer notices and other financial papers 1818-28 (Mss 15553, 15555-61 and 15563); letters and miscellaneous papers 1818-1903 (Mss 15554 and 15562); price lists 1896-1912 (Ms 155564) and photographs (Ms 15565).

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

Available for general access.

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

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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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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