IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0333
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: KENT AND SONS, HAMPTON {SOLICITORS}
Date(s): 1585-1933
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 36.8 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Kent and Sons | solicitors
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Francis J Kent was acting as a solicitor based on High Street, Hampton, by 1847. He was also the solicitor to and director of the Hampton Court Gas Company, founded in 1850 to supply gas to Hampton and the surrounding area. By 1855 Francis had been joined in the business by his sons and the name of the business was changed to Kent and Sons. In 1908 Kent and Sons was described as a 'solicitors and perpetual commissioners' run by Charles William Kent. The business was situated on High Street, Hampton, until at least 1937.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Kent and Sons, solicitors, 1831-1923, including solicitor's diaries; financial records; day books; ledgers; letter books; clerk's records; returns of property; accounts of building materials; labour account book; estate records and attendance book.
Also client records, 1585-1933, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including Hampton parish records; maps and plans; papers relating to property, legal, family, parish, local government and businesses. These records include information relating to parish poor relief in Hampton.
Hampton Court Gas Company records, 1850-1892, including the deed of settlement, contracts and specifications, bills and receipts, lists of share-holders and share certificates, title deeds to property, correspondence and the seal of the company.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/0333-1: Client records; ACC/0333-2: Office administration.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1940 (Acc/0333).
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For further records of Hampton Court Gas Company see ACC/1375.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009