The Roman Bath Company Limited

           

                         

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The Roman Bath Company Limited  
                   

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CAMBRIDGE: Jesus Lane

 
                
          

Please note that, as handwriting is often unclear, names of shareholders are indicative only. When accuracy is important, visitors should consult the original documents;
those with PRO references will be found at The National Archives (Public Record Office, Kew)

                      

 

               
PRO: BT31 531/2134  (All information  is taken from this file unless specifically footnoted)

1861 Memorandum of Association: 29 January
Objects include
: 'for the purpose of constructing and maintaining hot air and other baths similar in there [sic] general character to the Old Roman Bath of Antiquity together with such chambers, rooms and apartments for reading refreshment and other purposes as may be required or convenient for persons using or frequenting such baths.'
Directors:
Ancell, Henry, MD (50 shares) (Dir)
Beardmore, Septimus, (50 shares) (Dir)
Buney, James (50 shares) Admiral (Dir)
Fielding, William Basil Percy, Earl of Denbigh(50 shares)(Dir)
Kiallmark, Henry Walter (50 shares) Surgeon (Dir)
Moore, Ponsonby Arthur (50 shares) (Dir)
First Managing Director: Septimus Beardmore
First architects: [Thomas] Henry Wyatt and Matthew Digby Wyatt
First solicitor: William Francis Low

Secretary: E F King
Registered Office
: 20 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, London

1862 Capital: £30,000 divided into 30,000 shares of £1 (18 February)
Shareholders include:
Beardmore, Septimus (250 shares)
Cooper, Ino E (100 shares) (Clergyman)
Foster, Charles Finch (300 shares) (Banker)
Foster, Henry Staple (200 shares) (Past Mayor of Cambridge)
   and about 40 others from Cambridge
Registered Office: 9 Manchester Buildings, Cannon Row, L (7 June)

1863 Registered Office: 8 Cannon Row, London (5 May)
1863 Registered Office: Jesus Lane, Cambridge (13 June)
Average number of shareholders: 82

1866 Envelope of letter demanding company returns is returned, marked: 'Company broken up' (6 September)

1882 No returns were filed between the years 1864 and 1882. Company dissolved under Clause 7(4): 7 March

 

 
 


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