IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/094
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: GEORGE ATTENBOROUGH AND SON
Date(s): 1846-1897
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3 production units.
Name of creator(s): George Attenborough and Son | pawnbrokers and jewellers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Richard and George Attenborough established themselves as pawnbrokers and jewellers at 204 Fleet Street in 1844. By 1847, George Attenborough (1821-94) was trading alone, though he was subsequently joined by his sons, Arthur Henry Attenborough and George Attenborough. They traded from a number of addresses, before settling at 193 Fleet Street from 1873, where the firm was based until 1987. They are also described in London directories as silversmiths, watchmakers, appraisers, diamond and pearl merchants, and bullion dealers.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of George Attenborough and Son, pawnbrokers and jewellers, comprising receipt books of items pawned and sales book.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The surviving archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1979. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.