General area of Blackfriars
[post-1500s]-[2000]Relates to the area of Blackfriars (area of Sainsbury's head office), e.g. its local history and archaeology.
SA/BL/2
Sainsbury family history research
1700-2004Includes family history research, family trees and articles on the Sainsbury family.
SA/FAM/GEN/9
Fanhams Hall training centre
1716-2000sFanhams Hall training centre was purchased by Sainsburys to be their managment training centre in 1986.
SA/EMP/TRAI/FH
Sainsbury family
[c. 1750-2000s]Papers, images and objects relating to the Sainsbury family. This includes papers relating to the founders of Sainsbury's John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury, to various family members who were...
SA/FAM
Other Sainsburys
[c. 1750-2000s]Papers, objects and images relating to other members of the Sainsbury family. Includes photographs, press cuttings, family bibles and other papers.
SA/FAM/15
Mixed Sainsbury family materials
[c. 1750-2000]Mixed original and photocopied documentation relating to the Sainsbury family, some typical examples include: Mr Alfred Sainsbury's original employment letter from John James (his Father). Notes...
SA/FAM/15/2
Sainsbury's family general
1750s-1990sPapers and objects relating to the Sainsbury family in general. Includes family history research papers, birth and death certificates, articles about family members, objects used by family members and...
SA/FAM/GEN
Birth and Death Certificates
[c. 1750-1980]Mixed Birth and Death certificates relating to the Sainsbury family.
SA/FAM/GEN/8
Laboratories
1840s-1990sLaboratories and sampling kitchens at Head Office.
SA/BL/4
Portrait photograph of unidentified male
[c. 1850-1990]SA/FAM/15/8
Branch files
1860s-2000sFiles of papers and images relating to individual Sainsbury's branches. The content of individual files varies and there is more content in some branch files than others. Examples of papers that may...
SA/BR
Branch and estates material
[1860s-2000s]Papers, images and objects relating to Sainsbury's branches and other premises owned or leased by Sainsbury's. This includes: items relating to the branch buildings; fixtures and fittings from...
SA/BRA
Branch development and architecture
[1860s-2004]This subsection incorporates material from the following departments that existed within Sainsbury's: Architects and Engineers department, Development Division, Estates Department and Property...
SA/BRA/1
Architectural detail - 3D objects
[1860s-1990s]SA/BRA/1/9
Architectural detail
[1860s-1990s]e.g tiles, signage
SA/BRA/1/9/1
Images of John James Sainsbury and Mary Ann Sainsbury
[1860s-1980s]Photographs and other images showing the founders of Sainsbury's, John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury. The file also includes some images which relate to John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury but do not...
SA/FAM/1/6
London: Drury Lane branch files
[c. 1869-1975]SA/BR/22/D/14
Staff registers, employee record cards and other personnel records
[1869-1990s]Staff registers, employee record cards and other personnel records (including accident book, productivity records and staff identification records). Some records are closed due to Data Protection Act...
SA/EMP/2
Photographs of general advertising
1869-2000SA/MARK/ADV/IMA/1
Photographs, slides, transparencies and negatives of general advertising
1869-1990sComprises photographs, slides, tranparencies and negatives of general advertising material including: general advertisements featuring the slogans "SAINSBURY'S - The House that is built on QUALITY"...
SA/MARK/ADV/IMA/1/1
Sketch image of 151 Queen's Crescent, Kentish Town branch
[1875-1968]SA/BR/22/K/4/1
Depots and distribution network
[c. 1875-2001]Papers, images and objects relating to Sainsbury's depots and transport. This includes photographs of depots and vehicles, information and instructions for depot staff, reports about depots and...
SA/DEP
Allcroft Road, Kentish Town depot
[c. 1875-1980s]Images relating to Sainsbury's depot at Allcroft Road, Kentish Town, London. It was Sainsbury's first depot set up in 1882.
SA/DEP/1
Property and branch information papers
[1877-1990s]Includes property documentation
SA/BRA/2
Property documentation
[1877-1980]Includes valuations, deeds
SA/BRA/2/1
Blackfriars (former head office)
1880s-2000sRelates to Head Office functions at Blackfriars.
SA/BL
Blackfriars area images
1880s-1990sColour and black and white photographs and slide transparencies of Blackfriars area and buildings in the vicinity. Includes some aerial and panoramic shots. Blackfriars was the area of Sainsbury's...
SA/BL/IMA/2
Architectural detail
[1880s-1990s]Architectural detail, interior and exterior, fittings and equipment, e.g. tiles, murals, chairs, scales, etc..
SA/BR/1
Bell weight
[1880s-1970s]Copper alloy bell weight with a handle. An inscription on the top of the handle states the weight, '4 lb' while the name of the maker is inscribed on the side of the handle, 'Herbert & Sons Ltd 6 & 7...
SA/BR/1/143/1
Bell weight
[1880s-1970s]Copper alloy bell weight with a handle. An inscription on the top of the handle states the weight, '7 lb' while 'J. Sainsbury' is inscribed on the bottom of the weight. The bottom of the weight also...
SA/BR/1/143/2
Bell weight
[1880s-1970s]Copper alloy bell weight. An inscription on the top of the handle states the weight, '7 lb' and the maker, 'Avery'. The bottom of the weight also appears to bear the stamp of an Inspector of Weights...
SA/BR/1/143/3
Flat weights
[1880s-1970s]Iron and copper alloy flat weights with inscriptions stating their weight; 1 x 1 oz,1 x 2 oz, 1 x 4oz, 4 x 1 lb, 4 x 2 oz, 3 x 4 lb. Five of the weights have the maker, 'Avery' inscribed on them, two...
SA/BR/1/151/1
Brick shape weight
[1880s-1970s]Iron brick shape weight with two inscriptions stating its weight, '2 lb'. It appears to bear the stamp of an Inspector of Weights and Measures to show that it had been officially verified.
SA/BR/1/151/2