IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 E/TMD
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: THREE MILLS DISTILLERY, WEST HAM
Date(s): 1765-1951
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.33 linear metres
Name of creator(s): J and W Nicholson and Co Ltd | gin distillers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
J. and W. Nicholson & Co. Ltd., gin distillers, owned a distillery at Three Mills, West Ham.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Three Mills Distillery, West Ham, 1765-1951, relating to property owned by the distillery, including copyholds of the Manor of West Ham; conveyances, easements, deeds, leases, abstract of title and mortgages; partnership deeds; legal papers relating to a proposed High Court Case (Chancery Division) relating to Three Mills Bridge; proposed Bills in Parliament relating to the River Lee Trust and Lee Conservancy Bills; solicitor's fees and expenses; surveyor's reports; financial accounts; insurance policies; plans and correspondence.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
In 20 sections.
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:
Deposited in April 1970.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See also LMA/4435/D.
Records of J. and W. Nicholson & Co. Ltd are held at Hackney Archives Department (reference D/B/NIC 1/7-1/8).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009