IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/109-01
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: H. BARBER AND SON LIMITED
Date(s): 1904-1981
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 43 production units.
Name of creator(s): H Barber and Son Ltd | traders in salmon and eels
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Henry Barber traded as a salmon factor from 1841. By 1855 he had a stand in Billingsgate market and by 1880 had leased shop 7 where the business remained until it went into voluntary liquidation in 1979. The limited company was formed in April 1925. It specialised in salmon, but also dealt in eels through subsidiaries.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of H Barber and Son Limited, traders in salmon and eels, including articles of association; minutes of meetings; financial accounts; papers relating to fisheries and fishing rights in Ireland; papers relating to property including premises at Billingsgate Market; and correspondence.
ACCESS AND 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:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
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:
Deposited at Guildhall Library in 1982. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Records of subsidiary companies:
CLC/B/109-02: D. and J. Barber (Eels) Limited;
CLC/B/109-03: Braddan Fishing Company Limited;
CLC/B/109-04: Cahill and Young Limited;
CLC/B/109-05: John T Clark Limited;
CLC/B/109-06: U. C. Farmer Limited;
CLC/B/109-07: A. Langley and Company Limited;
CLC/B/109-08: E. F. Marchant Limited.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.