IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/086
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: FRANKLIN WILD AND COMPANY
Date(s): 1891-1974
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 30 production units.
Name of creator(s): Franklin Wild and Co | accountants
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The company was formed by George Franklin who started practising as an accountant in Sheffield in 1871. In 1880 he was in practice at 187 Norfolk Street, moving to Imperial Chambers Norfolk Row in circa 1888. In 1890 the style of the company changed to Franklin, Wild and Company and an office was opened in London around this time at 14/15 Broad Street Avenue, which soon became a separate practice. The London firm moved to 5, 6 and 7 Broad Street Avenue in 1893; 22 and 23 Broad Street Avenue in 1895; 22-28 Broad Street Avenue in 1909; 42-45 New Broad Street in 1922, and 19-25 Argyll Street in 1964. In 1974 the company merged with Finnie, Ross, Welch and Co of London (and various other cities) to form Finnie, Ross, Wild and Company. In 1984, after a series of mergers, this firm became part of Finnie and Company, now part of Stoy Hayward.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Franklin Wild and Company, accountants, including letter book and financial accounts, including ledgers and cash books.
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 may be subject to access restrictions.
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:
The surviving records of the company were presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Stoy Hayward on 12 July 1994 following a survey of accountancy records by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (1991-93). The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.