CHURCHILL AND SIM LIMITED
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/B/048 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : CHURCHILL AND SIM LIMITED |
Date(s) | : 1819-1904 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 64 production units. |
Name of creator(s) | : Churchill and Sim Ltd | wood brokers |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Churchill and Sim Limited, wood brokers, was founded on the partnership of Charles Churchill and John Sim in 1813. Both were sworn brokers and members of the Patten Makers' Company. The firm had premises successively at Bucklersbury, Old Broad Street and Clements Lane.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of wood brokers Churchill and Sim Limited, primarily diaires kept by Charles Churchill senior (1785-1844), and Charles Churchill junior (1823-1905), but also a letter book. The entries in the diaries relate to the timber trade, City politics and private affairs.
Access & 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 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 records were deposited at Guildhall Library by Churchill and Sim in 1964. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
See also Augustus Muir, Churchill and Sim,1813-1963, A Short History, (London, 1963).
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:
November 2010 to January 2011.
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