IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2496
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ARCADE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
Date(s): 1934-1980
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.55 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Arcade Property Company Ltd | property holding company
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Arcade Property Company Limited was established in May 1934 as a property holding company to the Furness Withy group of shipping companies and British Maritime Trust Limited. It took its name from property which it held in Regent Arcade. Its other principal assets were Hadley Wood Golf Course and the long lease of a private hotel in Cadogan Gardens. These properties were sold in the late 1970s and the company ceased trading in 1980.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Arcade Property Company Limited, 1934-1980, including memorandum and articles of association; register of seals; register of members; register of directors and secretaries; minute books; attendance books; and financial accounts.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/2496/001-009: Administrative; ACC/2496/010-012: Financial
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the depositor
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
ACC/2496
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Records of Furness, Withy & Co plc, shipowners, can be found at the National Maritime Museum Manuscripts Section (records of the British Maritime Trust are part of the Furness Withy papers).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009