IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/049
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CITY OFFICES COMPANY LIMITED
Date(s): 1729-1979
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 72 production units.
Name of creator(s): City Offices Co Ltd | property investment company
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The City Offices Company Limited was incorporated in 1864 to acquire property for investment purposes in the City of London and elsewhere. Its shares were publicly quoted from the same year. It became a subsidiary of Greycoat Estates plc in 1982. The company had offices at the following addresses: 70 Cornhill, 1864-6; St Clements House, Clements Lane, 1866-1867; Palmerston Buildings (known as Palmerston House from 1902), Bishopsgate, 1867-1982.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the City Offices Company Limited, comprising annual reports and accounts, minutes, financial material, rent and tenancy books and title deeds. They are held offsite and require 24 hours notice for access.
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:
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
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 archives were deposited in Guildhall Library by Greycoat Estates plc in October 1984 and June 1990. 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.