Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    WG
  • Title
    Wade-Gery and Brackenbury of St Neots, solicitors
  • Date free text
    1442 - 1878
  • Production date
    From: 1442 To: 1878
  • Admin/biog history
    1839 Directory Nevill & William Day in Church Street. 1850 George and William Day in Church Street. 1854 George, Samuel and William Day. 1877 Samuel Day and Charles Robert Wade Gery in Cambridge Street. Notes supplied by Mr Abrahams, February 1949: Samuel Day apparently carried on the practice alone until the year 1864 when he took his nephew, Charles Robert Wade-Gery, into partnership and they practised at Cambridge Street, St Neots, as Day & Wade-Gery. Mr Wade-Gery left his uncle in or about the year 1875 and practised under his own name at 5 New Street, St Neots. In the year 1880 Algernon Bell Brackenbury came to him as Managing Clerk and eventually in 1898 was taken into partnership and the firm name was altered to Wade-Gery & Brackenbury. Mr C R Wade-Gery died on the 26th May 1911 and A B Brackenbury carried on alone, still as Wade-Gery & Brackenbury until August 1914 when Lionel Abrahams joined him, the firm name remaining unchanged. Algernon Bell Brackenbury died on the 3rd June 1929, and L Abrahams carried on alone until October 1947, still under this same name. His son G R L Abrahams, joined him then and the firm name remained as hitherto.
  • Items WG 1276 - 3015 were deposited at intervals between 1941 and 1944, the bulk towards the end of 1942. Some were sorted by Miss Stokes of the British Records Association and have the BRA stamp. These items have accession numbers 1502, 1544, 1549, 1578, 1591, 1601 and 1630, but as they were all amalgamated before being catalogued it is not possible to give the individual number for each item.
  • Scope and Content
    The collection covers areas of Bedfordshire mostly in the north and east including: Podington, Whymington, Yelden, Dean, Swineshead, Riseley, Keysoe, Pertenhall, Lt Staughton, Milton Ernest, Thurleigh, Bolnhurst, Colmworth, Eaton Socon, Clapham, Ravensden, Wilden, Roxton, Goldington, Bedford, cople, Cardington, Northill, Sandy, Potton, Biggleswade, Dunton. There are also records for Marston Mortaine and Lidlington.
  • Archival history
    Deposited in July and October 1932.
  • System of arrangement
    Some of the deeds and other docuemnts were found loose, the rest were found in their original bundles. The state in which each group (original or artificial was received is usually stated in the catalogue.
  • Reference
  • Level of description
    fonds
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