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JOHN MAY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2305/62

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: JOHN MAY

Date(s): 1941-1950

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.15 linear metres

Name of creator(s): John May and Co Ltd | brewers

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Brewery, Brook Street, Basingstoke, was established in 1750. The business was incorporated in 1894 as John May and Company Limited. It was acquired by H and G Simonds in 1947 and in liquidation in 1950.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of John May and Company Limited, brewers, comprising Directors' minute book; compensation fund ledger including audited balance sheets and compensation fund accounts with bank.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged into one series: ACC/2305/62/003: 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 acquisition and liquidation see H and G Simonds, ACC/2305/60/028 and ACC/2305/60/030.

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
Business administration | Business
Business management | Management
Compensation | Administration of justice
Corporate minutes | Business records | Documents | Information sources
Financial records | Documents | Information sources
Business x Enterprises
Business administration x Business management
Company archives

Personal names

Corporate names
John May and Co Ltd | brewers

Places
Basingstoke | Hampshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe