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S.C. WARDEN AND TOMPKINS, SOLICITORS, OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Catalogue reference: DR 153
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This record is about the S.C. WARDEN AND TOMPKINS, SOLICITORS, OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON dating from 1825-1935.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DR 153
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Title (The name of the record)
- S.C. WARDEN AND TOMPKINS, SOLICITORS, OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1825-1935
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Description (What the record is about)
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Deeds and papers from the offices of S.C. Warden and Tompkins, solicitors, of Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The original client bundles had been broken up and the papers are arranged largely topographically in the following divisions.
DR 153/1-130: Stratford-upon-Avon, by street
DR 153/131-208: Old Stratford
DR 153/209-234: Stratford-upon-Avon, general
DR 153/235-246: Stratford-upon-Avon, business partnerships
DR 153/247-255: Stratford-upon-Avon, service agreements
DR 153/256-277: Stratford-upon-Avon, apprenticeship indentures
DR 153/278-374: Stratford-upon-Avon, families
DR 153/375-580: Warwickshire, alphabetically by parish
DR 153/581-629: Gloucestershire, alphabetically by parish
DR 153/630-652: Worcestershire, alphabetically by parish
DR 153/653-671: Other counties
DR 153/672-710: Personal papers of Warden family
DR 153/711-733: Records of Stratford-upon-Avon Poor Law Union, 1930-1935
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>S C Warden and Tomkins of Stratford upon Avon, solicitors</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 733 items
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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No access to material less than 75 years old
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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John Charles Warden, son of John Warden, landlord of the White Lion Inn, Henley Street, was licenced to practice as a solicitor in 1859. By 1860 he was practising in both Stratford and Henley in Arden. In 1862 his address was 28 GuIld Street, Stratford, in 1874, 11 Guild Street, and by 1876 at 10 Guild Street where the firm remained until 1984. J.C. Warden took his son Stanley Charles into clerkship in 1886 and partnership in 1892. In 1897 Stanley Charles took over his father's role as Superintendent Registrar on the former's retirement due to ill health. After John Charles' death in 1899, Stanley Charles practised alone as S.C. Warden until just after the end of the Second World War, when he took Jack Derry Tompkins into partnership, the firm being known as Stanley Warden and Tompkins. This was the name of the firm until 1982, although after 1970 Stanley Warden's name no longer appears in directories or phone books and he had presumably died. In 1983 the firm appears as Stanley Warden Tompkins, Talbot and Search; in 1984 as Tompkins, Talbot and Co.. By 1985 J.D. Tompkins had retired and the firm divided into different partnerships: Talbot and Co., based in Southam and Search and Co. in Wood Street, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/19353ebe-74e2-416f-916f-90fd6909f0ef/
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S.C. WARDEN AND TOMPKINS, SOLICITORS, OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON