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SANTOVIN LIMITED


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2305/53

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SANTOVIN LIMITED

Date(s): 1912-1964

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.05 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Santovin Ltd | wine and spirits merchants

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Santovin Limited was incorporated in 1912. A holding was acquired by Yardley's London and Provincial Stores, off-licences chain, before 1928. A controlling interest was taken in Cambrunnen Table Water Company in 1929. Santovin was taken over by Courage and Barclay in February 1959. The company was in voluntary liquidation in September 1964.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Santovin Limited, wine and spirits merchants, comprising Directors' and general meeting minutes; copy minutes of Yardley's London and Provincial Stores and of Santovin about withdrawal of authority to sign cheques; copy special resolution of extraordinary general meeting and certificate of incorporation.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged in one series: ACC/2305/53/001-002: Corporate Records.

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

Related material:

For papers about take-over see Courage and Barclay, ACC/2305/19/021; for declarations of trust and share certificates, 1959-1960, see Courage, Barclay and Simonds, ACC/2305/26/056; and for files of papers in liquidation see ACC/2305/26/076-077.

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Alcoholic beverages | Beverages | Food | Agricultural products
Corporate minutes | Business records | Documents | Information sources
Retail | Markets | Trade
Retail trade | Trade (practice)
Wine merchants | Merchants | Mercantile personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Spirits x Alcoholic beverages
Wine x Alcoholic beverages

Personal names

Corporate names
Santovin Ltd | wine and spirits merchants

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe