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London Metropolitan Archives

R. HALLEY: FINANCIAL RECORDS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2305/31-2

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: R. HALLEY: FINANCIAL RECORDS

Date(s): 1947-1964

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2.75 linear metres (extent of all 5 R Halley subfonds combined).

Name of creator(s): R Halley Limited | brewers

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The brewery was established in 1865 on the High Street, Slough, Berkshire. It was incorporated as R Halley Limited in 1947. A controlling interest was taken by Harman's Uxbridge Brewery in 1954. The brewery ceased trading in August 1963, and entered into voluntary liquidation in January 1967.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Financial records of R Halley Limited, brewers, including correspondence; paid cheques; bought ledger; purchase ledger; general (expenses) ledger; transfer journal; rough balances and price lists.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The records are arranged into 5 sub-fonds:
ACC/2305/31-1: Corporate records;
ACC/2305/31-2: Financial records;
ACC/2305/31-3: Sales records;
ACC/2305/31-4: Staff records;
ACC/2305/31-5: Property 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

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

Personal names

Corporate names
R Halley Ltd | brewers

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Slough | Buckinghamshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Berkshire