Wilson's Brewery Ltd., of Newton Heath, Manchester.

Records including brewing journal, 1955-1956 (1 volume); memoranda and articles of association, 1894-1949; prospectuses, 1896-1899; Management Committee minutes, 1949-1952; Directors reports and balance sheets, 1901-1916, 1944-1951; employment agreements with senior staff, 1895-1920 (2 bundles); trust deeds, correspondence and legal and financial papers relating to mortgages, shares etc.; copy will, 1886 and other papers of Henry Charles Wilson; particulars of public houses acquired by the firm 1888-1909 (1 volume); abstracts of title to public houses etc., in Lancashire and Cheshire, circa 1890-1939 (4 boxes); conveyances and schedules of property of other breweries acquired (2 boxes), including Jowett Waterhouse and Co. Ltd. of Oldham, the Ardwick Peace Brewery, Manchester, Messrs. Kay and Whittaker Ltd. of Britannia Brewery, Manchester, Empress Brewery Co. Ltd. of Old Trafford, and Fred. Marsland of Watergate Brewery, Huddersfield, Yorkshire; trust deeds, agreements and other papers of Cardwell and Co. Ltd., of the Naval Brewery, Hulme, 1894-1899 (1 box) and of the Manchester Brewery Co. Ltd., of Salford, 1899-1942; records of Walker and Homfrays Ltd., of Salford, brewers, including agenda for Directors meetings, 1937-1950 ( 1 volume), Directors' Meeting minute book 1937-1941 and deeds.

Rough box list:

BOX 1A:

3 x Copy Will of Henry Charles Wilson Esq 25 Nov 1886

Scheme for the purchase by H. M. and F. J. Wilson of Newton Heath Brewery for the foundation of a Limited Liability Company Dec 1893

Case for the opinion of the council re Wilson's Brewery Ltd, 1903

Papers re the death of Mr Hodgson

1864-1872

Particulars of mortgage security

c.1908

Mortgage of shares and legacies under the wills of John Clarke and Thomas Higson Esq etc between Mr William Henry Hodgson to Henry Charles Wilson Esq. Agreement between Mr Henry Charles Wilson and Mr William Henry Hodgson and other related papers

1867-1868

Copy case for the opinion of council and copy

councils opinion re Henry Charles Wilson Esq Deceased [multiple copies], 1888

Case for the opinion of council re Wilson's Brewery Ltd, 1895

BOX 1B:

Memorandum of agreement between Messers Bass and Co and others and Colonel H. M. Wilson, 31 Dec 1924

Opinion and letters relating to the Crown Inn and Bloomsbury Inn, 1914

Draft statutory declaration of Messers H. M. Wilson and C. L. Blunt as to issue of preference shares, 1901

Copy promissory notes and bond and receipt for documents between Wilson;s Brewery ltd and Sir John Austin, 1899

Copy Trust Deed between Wilsons Brewery Ltd to Hubert Malcolm Wilson Esq and Others, Jul 1899

Special resolution of Henery Charles Wilson & Company Limited to change the company name to Wilson's Brewery Ltd, 1894

Letters to Messers Hulme, Foyster & Waddington, 1888

Schedule of properties in mortgage to Wilson's Brewery Ltd, 1906

Memorandum and articles of association of Wilson and Walker Breweries Ltd, 1949

Memorandum and articles of association of henry Charles Wilson and Company Ltd, 1894

Draft conveyance between H. C. Wilson trustees and others to Wilson's Brewery Ltd, 12 Dec 1894

Prospectus for Wilson's Brewery Ltd, 1896, 1897, 1899

Memorandum and article of association of Wilson's Brewery Ltd, c.1908

BOX 1C:

Deed of mortgage and trust for securing debentures between Wilson's Brewery Lts to Messers Hugh Domville Wynter, Hubert Malcolm Wilson and Harry Constantine Wilson, Dec 1894

Correspondence re the issuing of preference shares

1905

Papers relating to shares and the issue of shares, 1899-1907

BOX 1D:

Schedule of proprieties belonging to Wilson's Brewery [2 copies], 1903

Balance Sheet, 1894

Declarations of Trust, 1888-1894

BOX 1E:

Agreements, 1894-1914

Directors report and balance sheets, 1901-1951 [not consecutive]

Papers relating to Henry Leonard Foley Hodges 1915-1941

BOX 1F:

Policy from 'The Law Guarantee, Trust and Accident Society Ltd', 1909

Notes of meetings of the committee, 1949-1952

BOX 2A: [titled breweries acquired by Wilson]

Agreement for Sale of business between Mrs E Issott [Ardwick Place Brewery] and Wilson's Brewery Limited] 1903 Copy of probate of Will of Edward Issott, 1903

Copy Conveyance and assignment of freehold and leasehold hereditaments between John Wittaker and Kay Wittaker, May 1900

Draft conveyance between Mrs E Issott to Wilson Brewery, April 1903

Draft conveyance Iowett Waterhouse and Co Ltd and their Liquidators to Wilson Brewery Ltd, 1891

Box 2B:

Copy draft agreement for sale of business between The Empress Brewing Company to Wilson's Brewery Ltd

1905

Memorandum of articles of articles of association of The Palatine Bottling Company, 1944

Conveyance of freehold and leasehold premises in Salford and Manchester between the Trustees of the Will of the Late George Handley to Wilson's Brewery Ltd, 1904

Copy conveyance and assurance of freehold, copyhold and leasehold heriditaments and premises in the County of Lancashire between Alfred Crowther and Company Ltd and its Liquidators to Wilson's Brewery Ltd, July 1925

Draft Conveyance and assurance of freehold, copyhold and leasehold hereditaments of premises in the county of Lancaster between Alfred Crowther and Company Limited and its Liquidators to Wilson Brewery Ltd, July 1925

Draft conveyance and assignment of various freehold and leasehold properties in the County of York between Fred Marsland Esq to Wilson's Brewery Ltd, Aug 1930

Draft conveyance of freehold and leasehold premises and assignment of goodwill etc between Kay & Wittaker Ltd to Wilson's Brewery Ltd, March 1904

Box 2C:

[titled Cardwell]

Licences to assign between various and Cardwell & Co Ltd 1899

Copy of agreement for sale and purchase of business of Mr Cardwell's between Henry Cardwell Esq & others to Cox's Brewery Ltd, May 1894

Provisional agreement for sale of the property of Cardwell & Co Ltd between Cardwell & Co Ltd and Wilson's Brewery Ltd, May 1899

Assignment of the Stanley Arms, Pump Street, Regent Road, Salford between the executors of Mr Joshua Cox to Cadwell & Co Ltd, 1899

Lease of beer house no. 23 Clarendon Street Hulme, Rent £35 between Mr Frederick Brown to Cox's Brewery Ltd, Jun 1893

Demise of the Stanley Arms, Pump Street, Regent Road, for 12 years from 25 Mar 1889 £27 per annum between Mrs Betty Parkinson to Mr Joseph Cox, Apr 1889

Certificate of search pursuant to Section 2 of the Conveyancing Act 1882 re sale between Cardwell & Co Ltd to Wilson's Brewery, Jul 1899

Copy trust deed for securing debenture stock between Cardwell & Co Ltd and Henry Cardwell & Robert Bridgford Esqs, Dec 1897

Assignment of various inns, taverns and beer houses in Manchester between Henry Cardwell Esq to Cardwell & Co Ltd, Jul 1899

Conveyance between Cardwell & Co Ltd and others to Wilson's Brewery Ltd, Jul 1899

BOX 2D:

Legal papers etc relating to Walker & Homfrays Ltd, 1899-1942

BOX 2E:

Volume of agendas of Directors meetings for Walker and Homfrays Ltd, Feb 1937-Jan 1950 (with handwritten notes)

Walker and Homfrays Ltd Directors' Meeting minute book, 15 Apr 1937-25 Apr 1941 (with transcription and index on CD: see accession record for 2008/110 for full text)

Box 3A:

Abstract of title relating to public houses, 1890-1894

Box 3B:

Abstract of title for the White Lion Hotel, Withington, 1860, 1899

Abstract of title for the Bulls Head, Hanforth, 1908

Abstract of title for both the White Lion Hotel, Witthington and the Bulls Head, Hanforth, 1908

Abstract of title for 9 houses in Bristol Street and Warwick Street, Hulme, 1874, 1895

BOX 3C:

Abstracts of title of Wilson's Brewery Ltd including pubs, breweries and houses, 1900-1922

BOX 3D:

Abstracts of title of Wilson's Brewery Ltd including pubs, and houses, 1927-[1946]

BOX 4:

Will of John Clarke of Ashfield House, Sept 1828

Particulars of properties belonging to Wilson's brewery Ltd, n.d.

Assignment for surrender of lease and re-grant of the surrendered premises with adjoining lands between The Dean and Cannons of Manchester and Mr Henry Charles Wilson, Dec 1880

Schedule of title deeds and documents delivered to the Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company Ltd re Wilson's Brewery Ltd, 1905

Agreement for shop and premises situate no. 3 Hanging Ditch, Manchester for the term of five years from Dec 25 1891 rent £100 per annum between William and Anne Fathergill to Elizabeth Rothwell, c.1891

Report of freehold property, two dwelling houses situate no. 105/107 Rusholme Road Oxford Road Manchester, Feb 1920

Mortgage by demise of the Alexandra Hotel in the County of Carmarvan to secure £500 & interest between Messers G. B. Morgan & A. D. Wilson to Wilson's Brewery Ltd

Valuation of property situate Hart Street and Back Hart Street, Mar 1920

Deeds relating to the 'Half Way house' Thornham, 1889-1894

Agreement to grant a lease of a plot of land in Newton between Dean and canons of Manchester and Messers Wilson and Wynter, Mar 1892

Conveyance of freehold heriditiments and premises comprising the Windsor castle Inn and brewery situate Stockport between Mr Joseph Worrall to Wilson's Brewery Ltd, Jun 1890

Particulars of properties belonging to Wilson's Brewery Ltd, Jul 1895

Large Green Brewing Journal, 1955-1956 [Volume loose on shelf]

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