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TORQUAY BREWING


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2305/73

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: TORQUAY BREWING

Date(s): 1877-1897

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.05 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Torquay Brewing and Trading Co Ltd

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The brewery in Fleet Street, Torquay, was run by Matcham and Hussey until incorporated in 1865 as Torquay Brewing and Trading Company Limited. It was acquired by Plymouth Breweries (see ACC/2305/72) in 1897, and in liquidation the same year.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Torquay Brewing and Trading Company Limited, including minutes of Board and annual general meetings; instructions to counsel and proposal for tenancy of London Hotel, Torquay.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged in one series: Corporate Records (ACC/2305/73/001-003).

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 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
Breweries | Commercial buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Brewers | Food industry personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Brewing industry | Food industry | Manufacturing industry | Industry
Corporate minutes | Business records | Documents | Information sources
Company archives

Personal names

Corporate names
Torquay Brewing and Trading Co Ltd

Places
Torquay | Devon | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe