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TURQUAND YOUNGS AND COMPANY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/218

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: TURQUAND YOUNGS AND COMPANY

Date(s): 1858-1920

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 18 production units.

Name of creator(s): Turquand Youngs and Co | accountants

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The origins of Turquand Youngs and Company of 41 Coleman Street, accountants, go back to c 1840. In 1857 three London firms of accountants, namely J E Coleman and Company (established c 1840), Turquand and Edwards (established c 1850) and Youngs and Company (established c 1840), combined to form Coleman, Turquand, Youngs and Company. On the death of J E Coleman in 1869, the firm became known as Turquand Youngs and Company and remained so until the mid-20th century. The firm was a predecessor of Ernst and Young.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Turquand Youngs and Company records entirely comprise financial records apart from a few items in Ms 31382 relating to Parr's Bank, for which accountants' notebooks concerning audit, c 1900-1919 also survive (Ms 31381). Unfortunately, the two main series of ledgers, 1858-1910 (Ms 31377) and cash books, 1860-1910 (Ms 31378) are incomplete.

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 City of London.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Ernst and Young donated the records to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in August 1997. The records were catalogued within a few days of their arrival by Philippa Smith. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

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: January to May 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Accountancy | Occupations
Accountants | Business people | People by occupation | People
Accounting | Financial administration | Finance
Business records | Documents | Information sources

Personal names

Corporate names
Turquand Youngs and Co | accountants

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe