IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/200
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SKELTON BROTHERS
Date(s): c 1930-1953
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 4 production units.
Name of creator(s): Skelton Brothers | corn factors
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The firm of Skelton Brothers, corn factors, appears in the London directories by at least 1900, being based then at 50 Mark Lane and at 39 and 40 Old Corn Exchange. In 1942 it moved to 101 Leadenhall Street, and in 1953 to 18 Corn Exchange Chambers, Seething Lane. Thereafter it disappears from the directories.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Skelton Brothers, corn factors, comprising grain sales expenses and receipt books 1939-53 and an address book of customers and suppliers [1920-1940].
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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 following few surviving records of Skelton Brothers were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Corn Exchange Company Ltd on 17 November 1994, amongst the records of the Corn Exchange. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For the records of the Corn Exchange, see CLC/B/058.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.