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- 1886-1895;1948-1956 (Creation)
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2 production units.
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Bishopsgate Ward Club was instituted in 1790. The City of London was divided into wards for the purpose of government as early as Norman times. The wards had responsibility to keep the peace, supervise trade and oversee sanitation, and each ward has the right to elect an Alderman and Commoners to sit in the Court of Common Council. The Bishopsgate ward is divided into two portions Within and Without of the City wall, the gate through which gives the ward its name. Bishopsgate Ward Within contained three City parish churches: St Helen Bishopsgate, St Ethelburga, and St Botolph Bishopsgate, while the whole of Bishopsgate Without Ward is co-extensive with St Botolph Bishopsgate.
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GB 0074 CLC/032 1886-1895;1948-1956 Collection 2 production units. Bishopsgate Ward Club
Bishopsgate Ward Club was instituted in 1790. The City of London was divided into wards for the purpose of government as early as Norman times. The wards had responsibility to keep the peace, supervise trade and oversee sanitation, and each ward has the right to elect an Alderman and Commoners to sit in the Court of Common Council. The Bishopsgate ward is divided into two portions Within and Without of the City wall, the gate through which gives the ward its name. Bishopsgate Ward Within contained three City parish churches: St Helen Bishopsgate, St Ethelburga, and St Botolph Bishopsgate, while the whole of Bishopsgate Without Ward is co-extensive with St Botolph Bishopsgate.
Ms 5127 was donated to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1948. Ms 24199 was deposited by Greycoat Estates in 1984. They were catalogued in 1948 and 1990 respectively by members of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of Bishopsgate Ward Club, comprising: minute book, 1886-95 (Ms 5127); and papers of a member of the Club, 1948-56, including annual reports and accounts, 1948-54 (Ms 24199).
The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
For records of Bishopsgate Ward see CLC/W/GC.
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.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Ms 5127 was donated to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1948. Ms 24199 was deposited by Greycoat Estates in 1984. They were catalogued in 1948 and 1990 respectively by members of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Records of Bishopsgate Ward Club, comprising: minute book, 1886-95 (Ms 5127); and papers of a member of the Club, 1948-56, including annual reports and accounts, 1948-54 (Ms 24199).
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Accruals
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The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.
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Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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For records of Bishopsgate Ward see CLC/W/GC.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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.
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- English