JOHN MAY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/2305/62
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: JOHN MAY
Date(s)	: 1941-1950
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: John May and Co Ltd | brewers

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Brewery, Brook Street, Basingstoke, was established in 1750. The business was incorporated in 1894 as John May and Company Limited. It was acquired by H and G Simonds in 1947 and in liquidation in 1950.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of John May and Company Limited, brewers, comprising Directors' minute book; compensation fund ledger including audited balance sheets and compensation fund accounts with bank.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged into one series: ACC/2305/62/003: 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:

For papers about acquisition and liquidation see H and G Simonds, ACC/2305/60/028 and ACC/2305/60/030.

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