IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/038-06
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: LANKA PLANTATION COMPANY
Date(s): 1954-1967
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 production unit.
Name of creator(s): Lanka Plantation Co Ltd | tea growers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Lanka Plantation Company Limited was based at various City of London addresses. The company were tea growers in Ceylon. They were taken over in 1982 by the Caparo Group Limited.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Minutes of the Lanka Plantation Company Limited.
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 Caparo Group took over the archives when it took over the company and donated them to Guildhall Library in 1982. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
CLC/B/038-01: Assam Frontier Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-02: Budla Beta Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-03: Dooars Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-04: Empire of India and Ceylon Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-05: Empire of India Holdings Ltd;
CLC/B/038-06: Lanka Plantation Co;
CLC/B/038-07: Oriental Rubber Co;
CLC/B/038-08: Singlo Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-09: Singlo Holdings Ltd.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.