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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

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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

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 Dockhead, 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

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


8/1 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




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-

1908

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


13/1 Letters of nomination given by vendors for shares in Peek, Frean and


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


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


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


13/31 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



13/42 Particular and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey 1892





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

Bermondsey 1892


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

1896

13/50 Particulars and conditions of property in Bermondsey 1891


13/52 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Bermondsey and Old Kent

Road 1893



13/55 Particulars and conditions of sale of property in Rotherhithe and Bermondsey

1895


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


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,


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

1891

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


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


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


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


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


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,


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

limited to W.B. Cochrane and company 1895


limited 1894

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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 of 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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