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YARDLEY'S STORES


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2305/25

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: YARDLEY'S STORES

Date(s): 1919-1964

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.15 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Yardley's London and Provincial Stores Ltd | off-licences chain

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Yardley's London and Provincial Stores Limited were incorporated in 1919; and acquired by Courage and Barclay Ltd in 1959 in order to expand their off-licences interests, as Yardley's had over 60 off-licences. The company was in liquidation in 1964. The company was based at 3/4 Chivalry Road, Battersea Rise, London SW11.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Yardley's London and Provincial Stores Limited, including minute book; seal register; annual general meeting minutes; certificate of incorporation; and papers relating to the take-over and liquidation of the company.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records of Yardley's Stores have been arranged into one series: ACC/2305/25: Corporate 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

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Alcoholic beverages | Beverages | Food | Agricultural products
Articles of association | Documents | Information sources
Corporate minutes | Business records | Documents | Information sources
Mergers | Industrial policy | Industrial economics
Off-licences | Commercial premises
Retail trade | Trade (practice)
Beer x Alcoholic beverages
Spirits x Alcoholic beverages
Wine x Alcoholic beverages
Company archives

Personal names

Corporate names
Yardley's London and Provincial Stores Ltd | off-licences chain

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe