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Record: Lauriston Place branch funeral and carriage hire order book (FRAS 903)

Title: Lauriston Place branch funeral and carriage hire order book
Date: July 1898-July 1900
Reference: FRAS 903
Former reference: HF 90/1/7  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination John Croall & Sons Ltd

Scope and content:

This order book contains details of individual orders for funerals and carriage hire. Details recorded for funerals include date, name and age of deceased, date of death, name of cemetery and details regarding the coffin and hearse. Details recorded for carriage hire include date, name of customer, type of carriage and time and place carriage required.

Additional information:

Entries were copied from this branch order book into the company's head office order book (ref: FRAS 899/2).

System of arrangement: The entries are in chronological order.

Record type: Order books

Function: Financial accounting

Records related to this series:

Title: Head office funeral and carriage hire order book
Date: 1899
Reference: FRAS 899/2
Company: John Croall & Sons Ltd    
Connection: Orders were copied from the branch order book into this head office order book.

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