WEMBLEY STADIUM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4225
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: WEMBLEY STADIUM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Date(s)	: 1927-1992
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 4.22 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Wembley Stadium Public Limited Company

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Wembley Stadium was constructed in 1922-23 as an athletics and entertainments centre for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924. It was designed by Sir John Simpson and Maxwell Ayrton and had a seating capacity of 120,000. The 14th Olympic Games were held there in 1948. The stadium was subsequently used for international football and hockey matches, greyhound racing, speedway racing, music concerts, the Football Association (FA) Cup final and Rugby League finals. It was rebuilt in 2007.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Wembley Stadium Public Limited Company relating to the stadium, 1927-1992, including Directors' Board Meetings minutes; correspondence of the Secretary; Wembley Stadium Development Scheme; financial accounts including cash books, journals, day books; wages books; employee record cards; records relating to pensions; race lists of greyhounds and their owners; legal and property records. Also records of associated company Juliana's Discotheques Limited, including minutes, memorandum and articles of association and share certificates.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Corporate Records LMA/4225/A Accounting Records LMA/4225/C Records Relating to Employees LMA/4225/D Records Relating to The Greyhounds LMA/4225/E Legal Records LMA/4225/F Associated Companies LMA/4225/G.

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.

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 1999 (B99/055)

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