IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-189
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: VENABLES, TYLER AND COMPANY
Date(s): 1900-1909
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): Venables, Tyler and Co | wholesale stationers and papermakers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
This firm of wholesale stationers and papermakers first appears in the London trade directories in 1817. It was known as W. Venables and Company (1817-25), Venables and Wilson (1826-[1835]), Venables, Wilson and Tyler ([1835]-58), Venables, Tyler and Son (1859-1900), and Venables, Tyler and Company Limited (1901-81). After 1981, the firm is no longer mentioned in the directories.
It was based at 17 Queenhithe (1817-1976) and 46/48 Webber Street (1977-81). Partners in the business included two Lord Mayors of London, William Venables (d.1840) and Sir George Robert Tyler (1835-97).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Financial accounts ledger of Venables, Tyler and Company, wholesale stationers and papermakers.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
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 in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.