IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0422
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: TWINING FAMILY
Date(s): 1724-1894
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.30 linear metres.
Name of creator(s): Twining | family | dealers in tea
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
In 1706 Thomas Twining (1675-1741) took over Tom's Coffee House and decided to make tea more prominent on the menu. His son Daniel Twining (1713-1762) was a dealer in tea, while his son Richard Twining (1749-1824) established the prominence of the Twining label and their lasting association with the import of tea. The family home was Dial House in Twickenham.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records relating to property owned by the Twining family in Alperton and Twickenham, including fines, grants, leases, releases, probates, covenants, extracts from court rolls, inventory, certificates and articles of partnership.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/0422/001 to ACC/0422/045.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City 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:
Gifted to the Archive in June 1951.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.