ASHBY'S STAINES BREWERY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/2305/61
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: ASHBY'S STAINES BREWERY
Date(s)	: 1902-1936
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 0.33 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Ashby's Staines Brewery Ltd Charles Ashby and Co Ltd | brewers

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Brewery on Church Street, Staines was founded in 1796 by Thomas Ashby. The business was incorporated in 1887 as "Charles Ashby and Company Limited" and then in 1899 as "Ashby's Staines Brewery Limited". The company took over Thomas Fladgate Harris' Knowle Green Brewery, Kingston Road, Staines, 1903; Headington and Son, Wellington Brewery, Denmark Street, Wokingham, 1920; and Wheeler's Wycombe Breweries in 1929. They were acquired by H and G Simonds in 1931 and in voluntary liquidation in 1936.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Ashby's Staines Brewery Limited, including Directors' attendance book; debenture stockholders' minutes; register of mortgages and directors; compensation fund account book; Directors' reports and accounts, and impersonal ledger.

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English

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Archival Information

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Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.

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