IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2305/16
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: C.N. KIDD AND SON
Date(s): 1739-1951
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.26 linear metres
Name of creator(s): C N Kidd and Son Ltd | brewers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Steam Brewery on Hythe Street, Dartford, Kent, was leased from William Miskin from 1868 and later bought from him, as the Oak Brewery. The company was incorporated as C N Kidd and Son Limited in February 1920. It was acquired by Courage and Company Limited in September 1937; and went into liquidation in October 1951.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of C N Kidd and Sons Limited, brewers, including minutes of Directors' meetings; register of mortgages and charges; papers and correspondence regarding liquidation; private ledger; profit and loss journal; cash book; papers relating to the ownership and management of premises owned by the company, including public houses; brewing book; and legal documents relating to C N Kidd and the Kidd family.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged in sections: Corporate Records; Financial Records; Production Records; Premises Records and Personal Papers.
Conditions governing access:
Restricted access: please see staff.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records 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 as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010