Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/192-06 - BATH SUN FIRE OFFICE

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-06

Title

BATH SUN FIRE OFFICE

Date(s)

  • 1836-1903 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

One production unit.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Bath Sun Fire Office was established in 1776 and acquired by the Sun Insurance Office in 1838.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-06 1836-1903 Collection One production unit. Bath Sun Fire Office

The Bath Sun Fire Office was established in 1776 and acquired by the Sun Insurance Office in 1838.

This single surviving volume was deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Sun Alliance in 1979 and catalogued shortly afterwards by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Bath Sun Fire Office comprising Directors' meeting minute book, also used as an out-letter book.

One item.

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

See also CLC/B/192/B/018/MS11935 for papers relating to the takeover of the Bath Sun Fire Office in 1838.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

January to May 2011. Assurance companies Business records Service industries Financial service industries Insurance services Information sources Documents Insurance records Finance Insurance Fire insurance Companies Enterprises Bath Sun Fire Office Bath Somerset England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

This single surviving volume was deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Sun Alliance in 1979 and catalogued shortly afterwards by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Bath Sun Fire Office comprising Directors' meeting minute book, also used as an out-letter book.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

One item.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See also CLC/B/192/B/018/MS11935 for papers relating to the takeover of the Bath Sun Fire Office in 1838.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

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Name access points

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area