PRIDEAUX AND SONS
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/B/182 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : PRIDEAUX AND SONS |
Date(s) | : 1847-1941 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 158 production units. |
Name of creator(s) | : Prideaux and Sons | solicitors |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Prideaux and Sons, solicitors of Goldsmiths' Hall, Foster Lane, appear to have traded under the following names: to 1852 Lane and Prideaux; 1853-71 Walter Prideaux; 1872-80 Walter Prideaux and Son; 1881-6 Walter Prideaux and Sons; and 1887-1946 as Prideaux and Sons. In 1947 the firm became Kennedy, Ponsonby and Prideaux of 52 Bishopsgate.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Prideaux and Sons, solicitors, comprising day books 1855-1941; cash, petty cash and disbursement accounts 1847-1924 and letter books 1898-1921.
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:
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 records were given to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the company in 1954. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Allied Materials
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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.
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