IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/059-03
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WILLIAM COATES AND CO
Date(s): 1845-1960
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3 production units.
Name of creator(s): William Coates and Co | wine merchants
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Coates established as a wine merchant in the City, circa 1800. By 1808 he was trading from 1 New Court, St Swithin's Lane, and by 1815 from 26 Bucklersbury. In about 1825 he moved his premises out to 25 High Street Whitechapel. In the 1839 directory the firm is listed as Coates and Liston, reverting to William Coates and Company in 1840. The firm was subsequently based at 109 Old Broad Street and 45 London Wall.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of William Coates and Company, wine merchants, consisting of order and voucher books and a book of tables.
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:
Available for general access.
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 by Corney and Barrow in 1966. 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.