YARDLEY'S STORES

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/2305/25
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: YARDLEY'S STORES
Date(s)	: 1919-1964
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Yardley's London and Provincial Stores Ltd | off-licences chain

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Yardley's London and Provincial Stores Limited were incorporated in 1919; and acquired by Courage and Barclay Ltd in 1959 in order to expand their off-licences interests, as Yardley's had over 60 off-licences. The company was in liquidation in 1964. The company was based at 3/4 Chivalry Road, Battersea Rise, London SW11.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Yardley's London and Provincial Stores Limited, including minute book; seal register; annual general meeting minutes; certificate of incorporation; and papers relating to the take-over and liquidation of the company.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Records of Yardley's Stores have been arranged into one series: ACC/2305/25: Corporate records.

Conditions governing access:

Restricted access: please see staff.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records 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:

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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