BUZZACOTT AND COMPANY PREDECESSORS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/035
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: BUZZACOTT AND COMPANY PREDECESSORS
Date(s)	: 1922-1965
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 13 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Various.

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Buzzacott and Company is a firm of chartered accountants based at 12 Fetter Lane, formed out of numerous predecessor firms.

Down and Harper was formed from the partnership of A N Harper and H E Down in 1945, and became Down, Son and Harper on Down's son's qualification and entry into the partnership in 1952. They were based at 44 Bow Lane. Their successor firms merged with Watson, O'Regan and Company, Buzzacott, Lillywhite and Company and Vincent and Goodrich to form Buzzacott and Company in 1971.

No historical information has yet been found for the other companies represented in this collection.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of clients of the predecessor accountancy firms of Buzzacott and Company, chartered accountants. The records comprise financial material (ledgers, journals, cash books and accounts) for the following companies: Campbell Oil Engine Company; Croydon Automobile Company; Down, Son and Harper; Noble Enterprises; Scott Trust; and Tubal Cain Foundry and Engine Works.

There are no records of Buzzacott and Company in this collection. 24 hours notice is required to view this material.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

CLC/B/035-01: Campbell Oil Engine Company;
CLC/B/035-02: Croydon Automobile Company;
CLC/B/035-03: Down, Son and Harper;
CLC/B/035-04: Noble Enterprises;
CLC/B/035-05: Scott Trust;
CLC/B/035-06: Tubal Cain Foundry and Engine Works.

Conditions governing access:

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection 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:

In 1991 Buzzacott and Company deposited records of various clients of their predecessor firms at Guildhall Library. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

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 2010 to January 2011.