IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2305/63
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: OCTAGON BREWERY
Date(s): 1936-1958
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.3 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Octagon Brewery Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Octagon Brewery Limited, Martin Street, Plymouth, Devon, was established in 1861 by Joseph Godfrey. It was incorporated in January 1899. The company was acquired by H and G Simonds in 1954 and was in liquidation in 1955.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Octagon Brewery Limited, including Directors' minute book; Board agenda book; Annual and other general meeting minutes, including reports and accounts; register of seals and wages book.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/2305/63/001-005: Corporate Records; ACC/2305/63/006: Staff Records.
Conditions governing access:
Restricted access: please see staff.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records 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:
Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Further records have been deposited in West Devon Record Office. For papers about acquisition and liquidation see H and G Simonds, ACC/2305/60/034.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
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 2009 to February 2010