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Records of Peek Frean URL MS 1216 1/1 Notebook containing notes on cash and van salesmen (London and suburban)

and their terms of employment 1886-1906 1/2 Notebook containing notes on Provincial cash and van salesmen and their

terms of employment 1889-1906 1/3 Copy of the deed of trust of Peek Frean’s Employees’ Benevolent Fund and

correspondence relating to its formation 1922 1/4 George Roberts to Ellis and Arthur Carr: mortgage of interest in 10,000

ordinary shares of Peek, Frean, and company limited, to secure £10,000 and interest 1921

1/5 Portrait photograph of P. Carr and a half-tone portrait of Arthur Carr,

Chairman, Peek, Frean and company limited 1918 1/6 Notebook, compiled by James Peek, listing the duties of the six clerks

employed by the firm 1858 1/7 Expression of appreciation and thanks from employees to the directors of

Peek Frean and company limited, for gifts made to them in celebration of the Armistice 1919

1/8 Correspondence and legal papers relating to the admission of partners to the

board of Peek, Frean and company limited 1860-1893 2/1 List of names of retirement employees and retirement allowances 1921-1926 2/2 Items relating to social events within the firm of Peek, Frean and company

limited 1889-1906 2/3 Issues of local and other newspapers relating to Peek Frean and company

limited 1866-1878 2/4 News cuttings and letters relating to a children’s slide constructed in

Bermondsey Churchyard by Arthur Carr 1921 2/5 Programme of Peek Frean and company’s festival, Crystal Palace, 26 May 1904

(two copies) and a poster advertising biscuits 2/6 Correspondence and other papers relating to an advertising film made by

Peek Frean in 1907, 1957

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2/7 Letters of congratulation from servicemen on the quality of Peek Frean’s biscuits 1943

2/8 News cuttings relating to Peek Frean and company limited 1899-1917 2/9 News cuttings and leaflets relating to the centenary of Peek Frean and

company limited 1957 2/10 Plans of the site of Peek Frean’s works at Dock head, London 1898 2/11 Grocery, 16 April 1914, containing a history of Peek Frean 1914 2/12 Agreements and correspondence relating to aerated bread 1860-1894 2/13 Pamphlets, price-lists and photographs 1904-1919 2/14 Pricelists and advertisements for Peek Frean’s biscuits 1831-1899 3/1 Packet of correspondence, pamphlets, brochures, photographs and other

documents relating to the history of Peek, Frean and company limited 1858-1920

4/1 Pass book of Messrs Peek Frean and company in account with the London and

Westminster Bank 1857-1859 4/2 Bound memorandum in TS on biscuit manufacture c.1920 4/3 Bound volume of memoranda on water supplies, factory management and

technical processes 1893-1900 4/4 Register of flour prices 1885-1892 5/1 Directors’ private ledger 1857-1869 5/2 Bound note book containing recipes, technical notes on factory operations

and experiments 1883-1891 5/3 Stock book for machinery and equipment 1858-1872 5/4 Account book for plant and equipment supplied to Drummond Road premises

1866-1887 5/5 Notebook containing chronicles of the firm 1857-1888 5/6 Notebook containing notes for lectures on bread making and confectionary by

J. Blandy and W. Jago 1897-1900 5/7 Order book for Peek Frean’s biscuits 1870-1871 5/8 Four sheets of registered labels of Peek Frean and company limited 1873 5/9 Shipment register of Peek Frean and company limited 1859-1871 5/10 Notebook containing notes on contracts for the supply of Ship’s biscuits 1878

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5/11 Order book of Peek, Frean and company limited 1870 5/12 Diary and memoranda book relating to salvage operations at the Dockland

premises of Peek Frean and company damaged by fire 1873 5/13 Register of purchases of ships biscuits by the British Government 6/1 3 mounted photographs of the Rope Walk, Heeton’s Road c.1880 6/2 Peek, Frean and company limited: memorandum and articles of association,

cuttings, correspondence, prospectuses, agreements and related documents 1901-1920

7/1 Album containing photographs and cuttings relating to Peek, Frean and

company limited 1922-1923 7/2 Album containing photographs and cuttings relating to Peek, Frean and

company limited 1919-1922 8/1 Album containing photographs and cuttings relating to Peek Frean and

company limited 1923 8/2 Album containing photographs and cuttings relating to Peek Frean and

company limited 1924 8/3 Album containing photographs and cuttings relating to Peek Frean and



company limited 1927- 9/3 Album containing letters, news cuttings and photographs relating to Peek

Frean and company limited 1864-1933 10/1 Copy of The Graphic, 23 December 1899, containing an advertisement for Peek

Frean’s biscuits 1899 10/2 Sundry printed advertisements in colour for Peek Frean’s products c.1900 10/3 Biographical information relating to Rupert Ellis Carr, with photograph 1966 10/4 Papers relating to a Peek Frean advertisement in the Maritime Merchant June

1957 10/5 Aerial view of Peek Frean’s premises in Toronto, Canada 1951 10/6 Negative of a Photostat of an article on the Dockhead premises of peek Frean

c.1900 10/7 Plan of the Drummond Road works of Peek Frean 1890



10/8 Plan of houses adjacent to the premises of Peek, Frean and company limited, Bermondsey, Surrey 1872

10/9 Letter announcing the opening of premises at Carr’s Lane, Birmingham 1886 10/10 Copies of articles on Peek Frean’s biscuit factories 1874-1914 10/11 Three letters relating to premises of Peek Frean at Market Street, Bermondsey

1912 and 1914 10/12 TS extracts from a notebook kept by James Frean on the management of the

Peek Frean’s factory 1858-1859 10/13 Sundry invoices of Peek Frean 1867-1906 10/14 TS notes on the kinds of biscuits manufactured by Peek Frean 1902 10/15 Letters relating to J.T. Frean of Ventersdorp, Transvaal 1931-1932 10/16 Copy of an album illustrating the history of Peek Frean and company limited

with a covering letter 1948 10/17 Sundry items of minor historical interest 1860-1911 10/18 Two stencilled circulars addressed to employees of Peek Frean and company

limited 1877-1879 10/19 Two letters of Peek Frean and company limited 1903 10/20 Illustrations of biscuit tins used by Peek Frean and company limited 1886-

1908 10/21 Reprint of “The story of Peek, Frean and company limited: a saga of biscuit-

making” (The Grocer monthly supplement, August 1916) 11/1 Glass negatives of the first automatic plant used at the Drummond Road

premises of Peek Frean and company limited 11/2 Two aerial photographs of the Drummond Road premises of Peek, Frean and

company limited 1937 11/3 Window display of the ‘Old Gloucester’ cake and Selsdon cakes 1904 11/4 Printed invitation to attend a festival arranged by Peek, Frean and company

limited at the Crystal Palace 1904 11/5 Mounted photographs of the Board of Directors of Peek, Frean and company

limited 1925 11/6 Portrait photograph of John Carr c.1880 11/7 Portrait photograph of Ellis Carr c.1900 11/8 List of cake labels and bands used by Peek, Frean and company limited 1907-

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11/9 Specimens of cake labels and bands c.1907 11/10 Portrait photographs of Arthur Carr c.1910 11/11 Envelope of a letter from Gray Dunn and company limited 1871 11/12 Photograph of Peek, Frean display stands, specimens of wrappings, prints of

scenes in old Bermondsey 1902-1906 11/13 TS copies of articles on the history of Peek, Frean and company limited 1920-

1956 11/14 Notebooks and notes containing cost sheet formulae c.1900 12/1 Account book for supplies of flour and other raw materials 1858-1861 12/2 Brochures and programmes relating to the annual conference of the

Federation of Grocer’s Associations of the United Kingdom, Sheffield 1900 12/3 Register of flour supplies 1875-1905 12/4 Papers relating to a decorated biscuit jar with silver-plated handle and lid,

offered by Peek Frean and company limited 1908 12/5 Papers relating to Arthur Carr and other members of the staff of Peek, Frean

and company limited 1912-1922 12/6 Copies of two cautionary notices issued by Peek Frean and company limited

1860 12/7 Peek, Frean and company limited: ready reckoner 1923 12/8 Photograph of the H.H. Janes cup for horticulture, presented by the Peek

Frean club 1964 12/9 Photographs of displays of Peek Frean’s biscuits c.1935-1950 12/10 Specimens of cards and book-marks advertising Peek, Frean products 1877-

1906 12/11 Brochures and photographs illustrating the history of Peek, Frean and

company limited 1898-1912 13/1 Letters of nomination given by vendors for shares in Peek, Frean and

company limited 1902 13/2 Certificates of the purchase of India 3% stock 1904 13/3 Valuation of land premises and equipment of Peek, Frean and company

limited 1901 13/4 Peek, Frean and company limited: export agreement 1901



13/5 Contract of Woodham and Fry for the paving of a yard at the premises of Peek, Frean and company limited 1890

13/6 Rejected agreement for the supply of water to Peek, Frean and company

limited 1892 13/7 Contract for paving part of the premises of Peek, Frean and company limited

1892 13/8 Receipt for £100 paid by Peek, Frean and company limited to owners of

houses in Drummond Road, affected by extension of the firm’s premises 1898 13/9 Epitome of proposed base of premises in Sheffield by Peek, Frean and

company limited 1919 13/10 Agreement between Peek, Frean and company limited and Debenture

Securities Investment company limited for amendment of debenture trust deed 1919

13/11 Leases and agreements relating to premises occupied by Peek, Frean and

company limited, in Bristol 1889-1896 13/12 Printed report of the Directors 1901 13/13 Opinion of Minet, May and company relating to preference share holders of

Peek, Frean and company limited 1921 13/14 Deeds for creating investment account of Peek, Frean and company limited

1887-1896 13/15 Schedule of deeds of Peak, Frean and company limited 1888 13/16 Schedule of deeds and documents relating to the debenture holders of Peek,

Frean and company limited 1904 13/17 Summary of cost of certain properties bounded by Drummond Road, Stocks

Road and Clements Road, Bermondsey c.1890 13/18 Statement of account of loan to Peek, Frean and company limited made by

Huntington Stone 1901 13/19 Surrender of leasehold hereditaments and premises, Keeton’s Road,

Bermondsey 18 February 1902 13/20 Duplicate trust deed between Peek, Frean and company limited and the

Debenture Securities Investment company limited for securing £300,000 four per cent first mortgage debenture stock 1902

13/21 Copies of printed London daily stock and share list 31 December 1891 and

1892 13/22 Counterpart lease of land and premises at Drummond Road, Bermondsey

1867 13/23 Copy of Food, water and air, v.1, no.2, December 1871



13/24 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey 1900 13/25 Papers relating to the purchase of the 1st Surrey Light Horse Public House,

Bermondsey 1882 13/26 Papers relating to the purchase of property in Bermondsey 1876 13/27 Plans of properties adjoining the premises of Peek, Frean and company

limited in Drummond Road, Bermondsey c. 1890 13/28 Plan of property in Jamaica Level at the Banyard Road entrance of Southwark

Park 1875 13/29 Papers relating to an enquiry for a small warehouse at Dockhead Road,

Bermondsey 1889 13/30 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey 1872 13/31 Printed circular by Peek, Frean and company relating to the Sugar Convention

Bill 1889 13/32 Printed transcript of Chief Justice’s summing up in Vestry of Bermondsey v.

Horatio John Salmon 1872 13/33 Particulars, plan and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey 1886 13/34 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey and elsewhere

1883 13/35 Particulars and conditions of sale of premises in Bermondsey 1892 13/36 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Rotherhithe 1891 13/37 Particulars and conditions of sale of premises in Bermondsey 1881 13/38 Papers relating to public nuisances at Bermondsey and elsewhere 1866-1872 13/39 In chancery: bill of complaint Taylor v. Peek 1866 13/40 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey 1893 13/41 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey 1893 13/42 Particular and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey 1892 13/43 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey 1894 13/44 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Rotherhithe 1895 13/45 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Rotherhithe 1895 13/46 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Rotherhithe 1897



13/47 Particulars and conditions of sale of properties in Rotherhithe and Bermondsey 1892

13/48 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Rotherhithe 1893 13/49 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey and Deptford

1896 13/50 Particulars and conditions of property in Bermondsey 1891 13/51 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey 1892 13/52 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey and Old Kent

Road 1893 13/53 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Rotherhithe 1895 13/54 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey 1895 13/55 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Rotherhithe and Bermondsey

1895 13/56 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey 1896 13/57 Sundry papers relating to properties in Bermondsey 1871-1893 14/1 South-eastern railway act, 1901: copies of signatures of tenants in Bermondsey

to the closing of various roads 1901 14/2 Papers relating to Huntington Stone, a partner in Peek, Frean and company

limited 1876-1917 14/3 Agreement between Francis and James Reckitt, fancy biscuit manufacturers,

and Peek Frean and company limited 26 November 1866 14/4 Receipt £500 acknowledged by Isaac Reckitt and sons from Peek, Frean and

company limited, for the goodwill of a biscuit business 1866 14/5 Tracings of Mr Elkington’s plans for the proposed style of rebuilding

Dockhead as granaries 1876 14/6 Schedule of deeds and documents relating to property at Bermondsey, Surrey

1889 14/7 Agreement between the Oswego Starch Company and Peek, Frean and

company limited for the assignment of a trade mark 1879 14/8 Assignment of shares or interests in the trade mark of the Oswego Starch

Company 1888 14/9 Assignment certificate of trade mark no.4755 from the Oswego Starch

Company to Peek, Frean and company limited 1879 14/10 Correspondence relating to the Vicars-Hounsfield silent feed pawl 1913



14/10a Agreement between Peek Frean and company limited and the Oswego Starch Company relating to a trade mark for biscuits 1879

14/11 Deed by Mrs Julia Flockhart Jones varying trusts of 21 April 1899: 2 August

1902 14/12 Supplemental company agreement between John Carr Esq and others and

Peek, Frean and company limited 1901 14/13 Schedule of deeds and documents returned to Messrs Peek, Frean and

company limited 23 August 1889 14/14 Letter nominating Huntingdon Stone as Peek, Frean’s representative in

connection with the insurance of lien property 1902 14/15 Mortgage of property in Bedford to Messrs Peek, Frean and company limited 7

November 1919 14/16 Correspondence relating to a pension scheme for employees of Peek, Frean

and company limited 1929 14/17 Agreement and release between Peek, Frean and company limited and the

South Eastern Railway Company 1896 14/18 Correspondence relating to the use of the trade mark ‘Oswego’ 1908 14/19 Copy of the will of Mrs J.F. James 1908 14/20 Record of an interview between Robert Vigers and the General Manager of the

South-eastern railway 1899 14/21 Assignment of shares in certain trade marks to Peek, Frean and company

limited 1889 14/22 Appointment of the first Directors of Peek, Frean and company limited 1901 14/23 Papers relating to the transfer of 20,000 shares by Arthur Carr to the pension

fund of Peek, Frean and company limited 1930 14/24 Agency appointment of Messr Peek, Frean and company limited by the Legal

and General Assurance Society Limited 1940 14/25 Photographs of an outing of Peek, Frean employees to see a film at the

National Film Theatre 1957 14/26 Deed of declaration of trust from A. Carr, G.H. Davis and G. Roberts to Peek,

Frean and company limited 1911 14/27 Copy of a notice of dissolution of partnership between John Carr, Ellis Carr,

Arthur Carr and Huntingdon Stone 1902 14/28 List of legal documents relating to Peek, Frean and company limited 1871 14/29 Accounts for building work undertaken by T.F. Rider for J. Peek’s main factory

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14/30 Papers relating to the western extension of the Drummond Road factory of

Peek, Frean and company limited 1872 14/31 Papers relating to the rental of buildings in Drummond Road, Bermondsey

1872 14/32 Certificate for the registration of a mortgage or charge 11 August 1902 14/33 Plan of premises of Peek, Frean and company in Drummond Road,

Bermondsey 1901 15/1 Notebook containing accounts of premiums for the life assurance of Clerks

employed by Peek, Frean and company limited 1876-1893 15/2 Record of interviews and visits of G.H. Davis to biscuit manufacturers and

other businesses in the United States 1903- 15/3 Receipts of disbursements from Mrs Jones’s charitable trust 1902 15/4 Specimens of designs for biscuit tins labels c.1908 15/5 Photocopy of an article on the history of Peek, Frean in The Star, 15 November

1938 15/6 Papers relating to the link between Reckitt and Peek, Frean 1866-1955 15/7 Newscuttings relating to Peek, Frean and company limited 1860-1956 15/8 Newspaper advertisements for Peek, Frean biscuits 1897-1912 15/9 Black and white water-colour portrait of Richard Peek, with a biographical

note in handwriting c.1860 15/10 Illustrated price-lists of Peek, Frean and company limited 1901-1936 15/11 Illustrated catalogue of the products of Peek, Frean and company limited

c.1875 16/1 Correspondence of Peek, Frean and company limited with Messrs Minet,

Harvie, May and company 1901-1902 16/2 Correspondence relating to the purchase of the freehold of the Dockhead

premise of Peek, Frean and company limited 1873-1879 16/3 Correspondence of William Pettitt, rug manufacturer, with Peek, Frean and

company limited 1872-1874 16/4 Summary of accounts of Peek, Frean and company limited 1902-1923 16/5 Correspondence relating to improvements to property in Bermondsey 1878 16/6 Correspondence relating to the office building at Dockhead Road 1887-1890



16/7 Accounts relating to journeys made in the United States and Canada by Edward Saxton for Peek, Frean and company 1888

16/8 Papers relating to income tax paid by Peek, Frean and company limited 1885-

1898 16/9 Correspondence and other papers on property 1864-1872 17/1 Notes on the articles of partnership of Thomas Stone with Peek, Frean and

company limited 1876 17/2 Account of B.G. Wilkinson for professional services in relation to a nuisance

created on property adjacent to Peek, Frean and company limited 1871-1872 17/3 Account of Thomas Stone for professional legal series to Peek, Frean and

company limited 1875 17/4 Draft of a letter to J.E. Carter on the history of properties adjoining Peek,

Frean and company limited c.1871 17/5 Brief affidavits of the defendant in an action Mead v. Salmon 1871 17/6 Papers relating to the renting of property in Bermondsey 1913 17/7 Balance sheets and reports and accounts of Peek, Frean and company limited

1901-1920 17/8 Original drafts of the Prospectus of Peek, Frean and company limited 1920 17/9 Correspondence relating to a Royal Warrant granted to Peek, Frean and

company limited 1901 17/10 Correspondence with the War Office contracts department relating to the

supply of biscuits 1918 17/11 Correspondence relating to the employment of George Middlemis as Depot

Keeper for the Sheffield area of Peek, Frean and company limited 1919 17/12 Correspondence and other papers relating to applications for employment

1889-1921 17/13 Papers relating to the appointment of John Carr, Junior, as a Director of Peek,

Frean and company limited 1903 17/14 Designs for biscuit tins registered by Peek, Frean and company limited with

the Trade Mark Protection Society 1873 17/15 Agreement between James Peek and Peek, Frean and company limited Relating to premises in Drummond Road, Bermondsey 1871 17/16 Bond by Peek Frean and company limited for the proper use of motor spirit

1918 17/17 Undertaking by Horace Makin to repay misappropriated monies 1924



17/18 Certificate of appointment of Thomas Ducat to present and prosecute petitions in bankruptcy 1920

17/19 Letter from T.S.T. Vicars to Peek, Frean and company relating to a patent for

biscuit-making 1869 17/20 Receipts and other papers relating to receipts for capital 1888 & 1896 17/21 Correspondence and accounts relating to the sale of biscuits to Robert von

Glehn sons 1871 17/22 Agreement for the transfer of the trade mark in Lentilla biscuits to Peek,

Frean and company 1879 17/23 Papers relating to an insurance policy assigned to Peek, Frean and company

limited by Percival J Rapson 1900 17/24 Agreement relating to the assignment of a sample of a powder produced by

Auguste Leon Brun to Arthur Carr 1899 18/1 Assignment of patents and trade marks to Peek, Frean and company limited

1902 18/2 Balance sheets of Peek, Frean and company limited: balance sheets 1860-1867

and 1880-1899 18/3 Plan of the main factory of Peek, Frean and company limited c.1900 18/4 Prospectus of Peek, Frean and company limited 1901 18/5 Reports and balance sheets of Peek, Frean and company limited 1902-1903 18/6 Memorandum and articles of association of Peek, Frean and company limited

1901 18/7 Peek, Frean and company limited to The Debenture Securities Investment

Company limited: trust deed 1902 18/8 Messrs E. and A. Carr and Peek, Frean and company limited: deed of trust for

the formation of Peek Frean and company’s Employees Benevolent Fund 1922 18/9 Sealed copy of rules for factory staff pension fund of Peek, Frean and

company limited 1929 18/10 Schedule to deed of acknowledgement for production of deeds by the Hon.

L.A. Brodrick and others to Peek, Frean and company limited 1902 18/11 Report relating to the share and debenture capital of Peek, Frean and

company limited 1905 18/12 Report relating to the share and debenture capital of Peek, Frean and

company limited 1904 18/13 John Carr and others and Peek, Frean and company limited: supplemental

company agreement 1901



18/14 John Carr and others and Peek, Frean and company limited 1901 18/15 L.A. Brodrick and others to the South Eastern Railway Company: release from

mortgage of land formerly part of the factory of Messrs Peek, Frean and company at Bermondsey 1904

18/16 Declaration of trust: Messrs Peek, Frean and company and the South Eastern

Railway Company and Peek, Frean and company limited 1902 18/17 Messrs Peek, Frean and company and the South Eastern Railway Company

and the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Companies Managing Committee 1901

18/18 Papers relating to property occupied by Peek, Frean and company limited

1901-1902 18/19 L.A. Brodrick and others to the Debenture Trustees of Peek, Frean and

company limited: reconveyance of property in Bermondsey 1904 18/20 L.A. Brodrick and others to Huntington Stone: reconveyance of property in

Bermondsey 1904 18/21 Papers relating to the pension funds of employees of Peek, Frean and

company limited 1930 18/22 Papers relating to bank accounts of Peek, Frean and company limited 1905 18/23 Two Acts of Parliament relating to the South Eastern Railway Company 1892

and 1901 18/24 Notice of dissolution of partnership in Peek, Frean and company as Merchants

and Estate Proprietors 1902 18/25 Copy of letter Debenture Securities Investment Company Limited relating to

five insurances 1903 19/1 Valuation register of machinery, equipment and stock in the possession of

Peek, Frean and company limited 1872-1906 20/1 Letter-book of Peek, Frean and company limited 1902-1905 20/2 Letter-book of Peek, Frean and company limited 1888-1890 20/3 Letter-book of correspondence with travellers 1903-1906 20/4 Letter-book of correspondence with travellers 1901-1903 20/5 Note on income tax allowances applicable to Peek, Frean and company

limited 1895 20/6 Papers relating to property tax 1894 20/7 Papers relating to the supply of flour to Paris after the siege 1871-1872



20/8 Papers relating to appeals against tax assessments 1893-1901 20/9 Papers relating to contracts for the supply of ship biscuits 1870-1871 20/10 Papers relating to a contract from the French Government to supply 460 tons

of biscuits 1871 20/11 Papers relating to contracts for the supply of biscuits to Messrs Rothschild and

sons 1870 21/1 Contract of lease of property in Bermondsey to Peek, Frean and company

limited 1905 21/2 Printed letter announcing the total destruction by fire of the premises of

Peek, Frean and company limited at Dockhead Road, Bermondsey 1873 21/3 Account for tinmen’s and engineers’ plant supplied by J. Rhodes and sons of

Wakefield 1873 21/4 Account for weighing machinery supplied to Peek, Frean and company

limited c. 1870 21/5 Lease of offices and warehouse in Liverpool to Arthur Carr of Peek, Frean and

company limited 1889 21/6 Agreement between Peek, Frean and company and P.A. Robertson and

company for the tenancy of a room in Sir Thomas Buildings, Liverpool 1893 21/7 Valuation of stock of Peek, Frean and company limited 1873 21/8 Report by T. Vicars of the condition of the premises of Peek, Frean and

company destroyed by fire 1873 21/9 Agreement between Mrs H. F. Lambert and Messrs Peek, Frean and company

for the tenancy of premises in Kingston-upon-Thames 1891 21/10 Summary of property accounts 1890 21/11 Papers relating to salvage from premises of Peek, Frean and company limited

damaged by fire 1873-1874 21/12 Copies of returns for income tax made by Peek, Frean and company limited

1871-1885 21/13 Returns for income tax made by Peek, Frean and company limited 1886 21/14 Financial statement of travellers’ salaries 1868 and 1875 21/15 Statement on liability for income tax 1886 21/16 Memorandum of a meeting held to discuss liability for income tax 1885 21/17 Memoranda on liability for income tax 1884



21/18 Supplemental company agreement between John Carr and others and Peek, Frean and company limited 1901 (five copies)

21/19 Letter from Chatteris, Nichols and company to Peek, Frean and company

limited relating to the audit of share and debenture capital 1915 21/20 Printed circular relating to Thames River floods, issued by the Metropolitan

Board of Works 1881 21/21 Papers relating to professional charges for legal work by G. Elkington 1878

and 1880 21/22 Papers relating to assessments for income tax 1871-1873 21/23 Memorandum on liability for income tax 1888 21/24 Papers relating to premises in Mill Street, Bermondsey 1872-1873 21/25 Agreement for the lease of a cricket ground by J.H. Faulkner to Peek, Frean

and company limited 1901 21/26 Agreement for the tenancy of premises in Bristol by Peek, Frean and company

limited 1891 21/27 Valuation of plant of Peek, Frean and company limited 1873 21/28 Agreement for the lease of a warehouse in Manchester to Peek, Frean and

company limited 1889 21/29 Agreement for the lease of a basement in St Thomas Buildings, Liverpool, by

Peek, Frean and company limited 1890 21/30 Agreement for the lease of a draft at Cardiff by Peek, Frean and company

limited 1889 21/31 Agreement for the lease of an office in Newcastle upon Tyne by Thomas

George Gibson to Peek, Frean and company limited 1890 21/32 Counterpart underlease of premises in Stockton-on-Tees by Peak, Frean and

company limited to John Weighell 1893 21/33 Lease of premises in Stockton-on-Tees by Mary Beckett to Peek, Frean and

company limited 1891 21/34 Agreement for the lease of a warehouse in Stockton-on-Tees by G.C. Stabler to

Peek, Frean and company limited 1893 21/35 Licence to John Weighell to assign an underlease of premises in Stockton-on-

Tees to Messrs Watson 1894 21/36 Agreement for the lease of a warehouse at Burnley, Lancs by J. Calvert to

Peek, Frean and company limited 1892



21/37 Agreement for the lease of a warehouse at Leicester Station by the London and North Western Railway Company to Peek, Frean and company limited 1891

21/38 Agreement for the lease of premises in Manchester by the Lancashire and

Yorkshire Waterproof Garment company to Peek, Frean and company limited 1893

21/39 Agreement for the tenancy of premises in Birmingham by Peek, Frean and

company limited 1887 21/40 Agreement for the tenancy of premises in Manchester by Peek, Frean and

company limited 1891 21/41 Lease of a warehouse in Cardiff by Peek, Frean and company limited 1892 21/42 Lease of part of a warehouse in Newcastle on Tyne by Peek, Frean and

company limited 1893 21/43 Agreement for the tenancy of premises in Birmingham by Peek, Frean and

company limited 1895 21/44 Agreement for the tenancy of premises in Manchester by Peek, Frean and

company limited 1895 21/45 Agreement for the tenancy of premises in Newcastle on Tyne by Peek, Frean

and company limited 1896 21/46 Agreement for tenancy of premises in Manchester by Peek, Frean and

company limited 1898 21/47 Memorandum relating to the widening of Mill Street, Dockhead, Bermondsey

1872 21/48 Agreement for the tenancy of two offices in Northampton by Peek, Frean and

company limited 1891 21/49 Agreement for the tenancy of a warehouse in Blackburn, Lancs 1893 21/50 Agreement for the tenancy of premises in Ashton in Wakefield, Lancs 1891 21/51 Two letters relating to the lease of offices in Dockhead 1888 21/52 Particulars and conditions of sale of building land in Bermondsey 1898 21/53 Agreement for the tenancy of land by the Peek, Frean and company’s cricket

club 1892 21/54 Agreement for the tenancy of premises in Leeds by Peek, Frean and company

limited 1889 21/55 Agreement for the tenancy of premises in Leeds by Peek, Frean and company

limited 1889



21/56 Agreement for the tenancy of premises in Cardiff by T. O’Donnell, the Spanish Consul 1890

21/57 Agreement for the tenancy of a cellar or basement in Liverpool by Peek, Frean

and company limited 1892 21/58 Agreement for the tenancy of two offices at Northampton by Peek, Frean and

company limited 1891 21/59 Agreement for the tenancy of premises in Stockport by Peek, Frean and

company limited 1894 21/60 Memorandum on the acquisition of property in Bermondsey by Peek, Frean

and company limited 1876 21/61 Agreement for the tenancy of a cricket field in Peckham Rye by Peek, Frean

and company limited 1894 21/62 Agreement for the tenancy of a warehouse in Huddersfield by Peek, Frean and

company limited 1890 21/63 Agreement for the tenancy of a storeroom in Bolton by Peek, Frean and

company limited 1892 21/64 Counterpart underlease of premises in Bristol by Peek, Frean and company

limited to W.B. Cochrane and company 1895 21/65 Agreement for the tenancy of premises in Leeds by Peek, Frean and company

limited 1894 21/66 Agreement for the tenancy of premises in Kingston on Thames by Peek, Frean

and company limited 1893 21/67 Agreement for the tenancy of a warehouse in Blackburn by Peek, Frean and

company 1892 21/68 Letter from William Herbert to Peek, Frean and company limited, listing

deeds and documents in his possession 1892 21/69 Memorandum relating to the acquisition of property in Bermondsey 1876 21/70 Advertisement for the sale of the former premises of Peek, Frean and

company at Dockhead, Bermondsey c.1875 21/71 Lease of premises in Newcastle upon Tyne to Peek, Frean and company

limited 1891 21/72 Record of flour stock at Dockhead 22 April 1873 21/73 Sundry correspondence of Peek, Frean and company limited 1872-1916 22/1 Papers relating to the South Eastern Railway Company and the closure of

roads in Bermondsey 1901-1905 23/1 Letterbook relating to the South Eastern Railway Company 1895-1896



23/2 House repairs ledger of Peek, Frean and company limited 1901-1917 24/1 Register of employees of Peek, Frean and company limited with record of

wages 1859-1902 24/2 Register of employees of Peek, Frean and company limited 1888-1903 25/1 ‘Engagement book’: record of appointments of senior staff of Peek, Frean and

company limited 1892-1909 25/2 Group photograph of departmental staff of Peek, Frean and company limited

1909 25/3 Photograph of departmental processes at Peek, Frean and company limited

c.1930 25/4 Photographs of Peek, Frean and company limited, biscuit factory and environs

c.1935 25/5 Two copies of 1857-1957: a hundred years of biscuit making by Peek, Frean and

company limited 25/6 Lists of Royal appointments and exhibition medals awarded to Peek, Frean

and company limited 1956 26/1 Register of interviews and notes relating to travellers and clerks 1886-1914 26/2 Register of engagements of clerks 1888-1901 27/1 Minutes of meetings of the Meltis works committee at Bedford 1918-1919 27/2 Minutes of the London Works Committee 1918-1920 27/3 Correspondence relating to the book debts guarantee of Peek, Frean and

company limited 1901-1909 27/4 Wages register of Peek, Frean and company limited 1873-1888 27/5 Cap. 177. An act for more effectually paving, cleansing, lighting and

otherwise improving the Parish of St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey in the County of Surrey 1845

27/6 Cap. 103. An act for the retention of the factory acts 1867 28/1 Schedule of deeds and documents relating to lien property in Bermondsey

1922 28/2 Land registry transfer certificate for land in Drummond Road, Bermondsey

1920 28/3 Cased and bound album of signatures accompanying illuminated address

presented to the Directors of Macfarlane, Laing and Company Limited, Glasgow and London, on the completion of the centenary of the house by their employees with over ten years’ service 1917



28/4 Empty envelopes, the endorsement on which may be useful as giving details

of certain deeds accounted for by Mr Herbert August 1889 28/5 Duplicate terms of licence granted by Dr Dauglish to Trustees for Messrs,

Peek, Frean and company 1858 28/6 John Dauglish to Messrs Peek, Frean and company: deed of arrangement and

licence for the manufacture and sale of biscuits 1859 28/7 Peek, Frean and company limited: circulars and price-lists 1858-1901 28/8 Engravings of the factories of Peek, Frean and company at Dockhead and

Drummond Road, Bermondsey c.1870 28/9 Photograph of Peek, Frean and company’s vans and other transport 1899-1934 28/10 Photographs of works and other committees c.1918 28/11 Photographs of the Canadian premises of Peek, Frean and company limited

1951 29/1 Curious letters addressed to Peek, Frean and company limited 1864-1904 29/2 Roll of honour of employees of Peek, Frean and company limited who served

their King and Country in the great European War 1918 29/3 Calendar issued by Walrow Limited, illustrating a Scammell ‘mechanical

horse’ used by Peek, Frean and company limited 1935 29/4 Letter from Standard Bank of South Africa, Port Elizabeth, to Peek, Frean and

company limited relating to an account transferred by heliograph from Kimberley 1900

29/5 Photographs of export exhibitions organised by Peek, Frean and company

limited c. 1935 29/6 Advertisement photographs used in the export trade of Peek, Frean and

company limited c.1935 29/7 Sundry advertising photographs of Peek, Frean and company limited 1895-

1932 30/1 Photographs of the war memorial of Peek, Frean and company limited c.1918 30/2 Mounted price-list of Peek, Frean and company limited 1867 30/3 Negative and Photostat copy of the works rules of Peek, Frean and company

limited 1858 30/4 Samples of cartons in use by Peek, Frean and company limited c.1890 30/5 Samples of labels and wrappers in use by Peek, Frean and company limited

c.1907



30/6 Postcards used to advertise Peek, Frean and company’s biscuits 1907 30/7 Obituary list of Peek, Frean and company limited 1893-1928 30/8 Photographs of premises and staff of Peek, Frean and company limited 1933-

1937 30/9 Photographs of premises and staff at Peek, Frean and company limited 1939-

1945 30/10 Photographs of premises of Peek, Frean and company limited in India c.1920 30/11 Photostat negatives of a brochure on the history of biscuit-making c.1920 30/12 Specimens of labels and packaging in use by Peek, Frean and company limited

c.1908 30/13 TS draft of part of the contents of Peek Frean “code of conduct” book 1946 30/14 Correspondence relating to an 1858 price list of Peek, Frean and company

limited 1921 30/15 Advertising and publicity photographs of Peek, Frean and company limited

c.1935 30/16 Press cuttings of overseas publicity of Peek, Frean and company limited 1940 30/17 Photographs of a garden party for soldiers’ wives and children held August

1916 30/18 Photographs of wedding cakes made by Peek, Frean and company limited

1936 30/19 Photographs of parties of visitors to Peek, Frean and company limited c.1933 30/20 Photographs of the fire brigade of Peek, Frean and company limited 1909-

1935 30/21 Album of photographs of the acceptance of a children’s slide presented to the

Borough of Bermondsey by Arthur Carr 1921 31/1 Deed of allotment of shares in Peek, Frean and company limited by Thomas

Stone and John Carr 1889 (2 copies) 31/2 Articles of partnership of Peek, Frean and company limited 1875-1883 31/3 Agreement for an increase in the capital of Peek, Frean and company limited

1892 31/4 Deed relating to a reserve fund created by Peek, Frean and company limited

1893 (2 copies) 31/5 Notice to Ernest J Mead to retire from the business of Peek, Frean and

company limited 1885



31/6 Deed for creating a reserve fund of Peek, Frean and company limited 1887 (2 copies)

31/7 Modification in interests in Peek, Frean and company limited, after the death

of R.E. Stone 1896 31/8 Agreement for an increase in the capital of Peek, Frean and company limited

1892 31/9 Agreement between John Carr and others and Peek, Frean and company

limited 1901 31/10 Admission of Ralph Erskine Stone to a partnership in Peek, Frean and

company limited 1882 31/11 Copy of agreement between Peek, Frean and company and the South Eastern

Railway Company and the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Companies Managing Committee 1901

31/12 Deed of dissolution of partnership in Peek, Frean and company limited 1902 31/13 Assignment of profits in Peek, Frean and company limited from John Carr to

Ellis Carr and Arthur Carr 1900 31/14 Copy of agreement between John Carr and Ellis and Arthur Carr relating to

the goodwill of Peek, Frean and company limited 1900 31/14a Power of attorney from John Carr to Ellis Carr 1901 31/15 Plan to be attached to the Supplemental company agreement between John

Carr and others and Peek, Frean and company limited 1901 (2 copies) 31/16 Supplemental company agreement as above 1901 (3 copies) 31/17 Prospectus of Peek, Frean and company limited 1901 31/18 Letter of agreement between Peek, Frean and company limited and

Williamson Murray and company relating to a prospectus 1901 31/19 Copy of admission of Ernest J. Mead as a partner in Peek, Frean and company

limited 1883 31/20 Counterpart deed of dissolution relating to the partnership of George Hender

Frean in Peek, Frean and company limited 1888 (2 copies) 31/21 Counterpart deed of dissolution relating to the partnership of Joseph Burgess

Frean in Peek, Frean and company limited 1888 (2 copies) 32/1 Peek, Frean and company limited: vendor’s private ledger 5 April 1903 to 23

February 1910 (2 copies) 32/2 Peek, Frean and company: vendor’s accounts 1901-1902 32/3 Peek, Frean and company limited: vendor’s private accounts 1901-1903



32/4 Sundry documents relating to the history of Peek, Frean and company limited 1885-1956

32/5 Condensed history of Peek, Frean and company limited 1951 33/1 Confidential TS notes on biscuit manufacture c.1935 33/2 Illustrated catalogues and brochures issued by Peek, Frean and company

limited 1924-1945 33/3 Price Waterhouse and company. History of the firm: the first fifty years 1850-

1900 33/4 Certificate awarded by the Council of Industrial Design to Peek, Frean and

company limited for a coronation tin of biscuits 1953 33/5 Plan of Bermondsey, showing H.E. bombs dropped 6 September – 20

November 1940 33/6 Photograph of “C” Post, Civil Defence Unit, Peek, Frean and company limited,

with covering letter 1944 33/7 Brochures and poster relating to Peek, Frean and company limited 1916-1919 33/8 Memorandum and articles of association of Peek, Frean and company limited

1901 33/9 Copy of agreement between Peek, Frean and company limited and the

Trustees of the Peek, Frean Club 1939 33/10 Agreement and release relating to the Peek Frean Club 1938 33/11 Papers relating to the centenary of Peek, Frean and company limited 1957 34/1 Sundry trading accounts of Peek, Frean and company limited 1902-1911 34/2 Directors’ report and balance sheet of Peek, Frean and company limited 1915-

1926 34/3 Report of special meeting of directors and managers of Huntley and Palmers

Limited 1921 34/5 Copies of letters addressed by Peek, Frean and company limited to Huntley

and Palmers 1881-1892 34/5 Copies of letters addressed by Peek, Frean and company limited to Huntley

and Palmers 1892-1898 34/6 Reports of the Directors of Price’s Patent Candle Company Limited 1903-1904 34/7 Report of the Directors of Harrod’s Stores, Limited 1907 35/1 Photograph of the arrival of the first boiler at Peek, Frean’s factory c.1865-

1866



35/2 Photograph of the ruins of Peek, Frean’s factory after a fire 1873 35/3 Photograph of members of Peek, Frean’s fire brigade c.1875 35/4 Sundry deeds, agreements and papers relating to Peek, Frean and company

limited 1901-1910 35/5 The Pickaxe: [house magazine of Peek, Frean and company limited]; v.1-5, 1905-

1909 (2 copies v.3) 36/1 Record of an interview between Arthur Carr and W. Howard Palmer at the

City of London Club 1911 36/2 Letter containing reminiscences of John Saunders 1923 36/3 Memorandum by G.H. Davies relating to competition from firms with lower

prices 1926 36/4 Circular and price list issued by James Peek 1858 36/5 Labels marked ‘Peek, Stone and company’ not used by Peek, Frean and

company limited 1875 36/6 Two copies of Illustrated London News, 5 December 1874, containing an

advertisement of Peek, Frean and company 36/7 Letters and papers addressed to Arthur Carr, relating chiefly to employees of

Peek, Frean and company limited 1893-1931 36/8 Correspondence relating to an increase of capital pf Peek, Frean and company

limited 1920 36/9 Copy of instructions to counsel for opinion, including a statement of the early

history of Peek, Frean and company 1866 36/10 TS of condensed history of Peek, Frean and company limited by G. W. Harding

1953 36/11 General plan of Peek, Frean and company’s biscuit works, Bermondsey,

London June 1895 36/12 Advertisement form the Illustrated London News, 10 March 1900, with attached

correspondence 1970 36/13 Copy of the ‘Penny table book’ of Peek, Frean and company limited 1897 36/14 Sundry invoices and advertisements of Peek, Frean and company limited

1874-1907 36/15 Group photograph of the works committee of Peek, Frean and company 1921 36/16 Prints of a portrait photograph of John Carr, Senior c.1880 36/17 Letters, papers and agreements relating to Peek, Frean and company limited

and Joseph Baker and sons limited 1912-1923



36/18 Carr Bros. and Ash Limited: accepted bills, not presented, for £5,200 1920 36/19 Receipt from John A Winterbottom for articles of partnership 1908 36/20 Agreement for supplemental final deed of release between John Ellis and

Arthur Carr and Huntington Stone 1910


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