NATIONAL LICENSED VICTUALLERS ASSOCIATION AND PREDECESSORS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/3122
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: NATIONAL LICENSED VICTUALLERS ASSOCIATION AND PREDECESSORS
Date(s)	: 1833-1992
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 15.31 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: National Licensed Victuallers Association Licensed Victuallers Central Protection Society of London London and Home Counties Licensed Victuallers League Licensed Victuallers Defence League National Union of Licensed Victuallers Women's Auxiliary League (Licensed Trade) National Committee for the Protection of Tenant Licensees

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The National Licensed Victuallers Association was formed from the merger of a number of smaller bodies, such as the National Union of Licensed Victuallers (which itself was formed from the union of the Licensed Victuallers Central Protection Society of London and the Licensed Victuallers Defence League).

The various associations had similar aims - to protect the business interests of licensed victuallers (holders of a licence to run a public house) and to act as lobbying bodies on their behalf. This included protecting the interests of tenant landlords (many pubs were owned by breweries who rented them to the publican) and defending the trade on a national level, from the temperance movement and the government who often attempted to tighten licensing controls.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the National Licensed Victuallers Association including administrative papers; minutes; papers regarding banquets and official dinners; annual reports; publications; badges and banners.

Other records include papers and publications of related organisations including the Licensed Victuallers Central Protection Society of London; the London and Home Counties Licensed Victuallers League; Licensed Victuallers Defence League; National Union of Licensed Victuallers; Women's Auxiliary League (Licensed Trade) and the National Committee for the Protection of Tenant Licensees.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

ACC/3122/001-230: Papers of the National Licensed Victuallers Association; ACC/3122/231-655: Papers of related organisations.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records 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:

Records deposited in December 1992, with further accessions in 1998 and 1999.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

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:
June to August 2010.