Collection GB 0074 CLC/037 - BRITISH FACTORY, OPORTO

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/037

Title

BRITISH FACTORY, OPORTO

Date(s)

  • 1716-1814 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

Two production items.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

A 'factory' in this context is an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country or a merchant company's trading station. The Factory often included a chapel and chaplain so that merchants could attend English language, Protestant worship.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/037 1716-1814 Collection Two production items. British Factory , Oporto

A 'factory' in this context is an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country or a merchant company's trading station. The Factory often included a chapel and chaplain so that merchants could attend English language, Protestant worship.

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for the British Factory at Oporto, 1716-1807.

Two volumes in chronological order.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

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

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.

June to August 2010. Business people Foreign traders Cultural identity Cultural nationalism National identity British Primary documents Church records and registers Information sources Documents Parish records Marriage registers People by occupation People Baptism registers Burial registers British Factory , Oporto , Portugal Oporto Portugal Western Europe Europe Burial records Legal documents

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for the British Factory at Oporto, 1716-1807.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Two volumes in chronological order.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

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

Genre access points

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