HODGSON'S KINGSTON BREWERY: STAFF RECORDS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/2305/15-5
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: HODGSON'S KINGSTON BREWERY: STAFF RECORDS
Date(s)	: 1845-1952
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
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 & 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.

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

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:
November 2009 to February 2010