FERRIS BROTHERS LIMITED, ACTON {BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS}

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/2044
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: FERRIS BROTHERS LIMITED, ACTON {BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS}
Date(s)	: 1900-1955
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 1.86 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Ferris Brothers Ltd | builders and contractors

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Ferris Brothers Limited were builders and contractors based at 104 and 106 Churchfield Road West, Acton, W3; with a yard at 9A, Back Street, Acton.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Ferris Brothers Limited, 1900-1955, including letter books containing mainly estimates and related correspondence; work day books recording brief details of work being done, job by job, together with costs; wages books; and plans including Acton High Street, 1919; Acton Hospital, 1935 and Upper Street, Islington, 1935.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

ACC/2044/001-007: letter books; ACC/2044/008-020: work day books; ACC/2044/021-024: wages books; ACC/2044/025-032: plan rolls.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright 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:

Received in 1984.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
July to October 2009