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H AND V NICHOLL LIMITED, THE ANCHOR BREWERY, LEWISHAM


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4453/V

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: H AND V NICHOLL LIMITED, THE ANCHOR BREWERY, LEWISHAM

Date(s): 1605-1948

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.83 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Whitbread and Co Ltd | The Anchor Brewery, Lewisham

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Anchor Brewery in Lewisham was acquired by Whitbread at the end of 1890 for the price of £185,000. It had previously been owned by H. and V. Nicholl Limited who had bought it in 1866. The initial motive for the purchase was to use the premises as a bottling depot for distribution to the Whitbread market south of the Thames however Whitbread also had the added incentive of gaining control of the Anchor's tied trade that amounted to 24,000 barrels a year.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Anchor Brewery, Lewisham, owned first by H. and V. Nicholl Limited and subsequently by Whitbread and Company. Records include numerous documents and deeds relating to the Lewisham brewery and other premises, correspondence from H and V Nichols, company accounts, and production figures from the late 1880s.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

LMA/4453/V/01: Title deeds;
LMA/4453/V/02: Agreements;
LMA/4453/V/03: Accounts;
LMA/4453/V/04: Production;
LMA/4453/V/05: Correspondence;
LMA/4453/V/06: Premises.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.

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:

Received in 2001 as a gift.

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
Business administration | Business
Business management | Management
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Financial records | Documents | Information sources
Business x Enterprises
Business administration x Business management
Company archives

Personal names

Corporate names
H & V Nicholl Ltd | brewers
Whitbread and Co Ltd | The Anchor Brewery | Lewisham

Places
Lewisham (district) | Lewisham | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe