IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2305/15-5
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: HODGSON'S KINGSTON BREWERY: STAFF RECORDS
Date(s): 1845-1952
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 6.32 linear metres (extent of all 7 Hodgson's Kingston Brewery subfonds combined).
Name of creator(s): Hodgson's Kingston Brewery Co Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Kingston Brewery, on Brook Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, was established about 1610. It was owned by Charles Rowlls in 1854 when it was acquired by the Hodgson brothers, wine merchants, of St Mary Axe. The company was incorporated in 1886.
They acquired Fricker's Eagle Brewery, Kingston-upon-Thames, in 1903, and F.A. Crooke and Company Limited, Guildford Brewery, Guildford, in 1929. The company was itself acquired by Courage and Company Ltd in 1943; and went into voluntary liquidation in 1965.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Staff records of Hodgson's Kingston Brewery Company Limited, including book of wages sheets; papers relating to compensation to employees on closure of Kingston Brewery and distribution of staff including proposals and offers; and papers relating to the staff Benevolent Fund.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records of Hodgson's Kingston Brewery Co Ltd are divided into 7 sub-fonds:
ACC/2305/15-1: Corporate records;
ACC/2305/15-2: Financial records;
ACC/2305/15-3: Sales records;
ACC/2305/15-4: Production records;
ACC/2305/15-5: Staff records;
ACC/2305/15-6: Property records;
ACC/2305/15-7: General records.
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 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
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010