Collection GB 0074 ACC/2453 - BUILDING SOCIETIES

0.16 linear metres

British Records Association reference BRA 1779.
GB 0074 ACC/2453 1931-1933 Collection 0.16 linear metres Church Benefit Society

The first benefit society in England was established in 1775. Initially unrecognised by English law, benefit societies were co-operative savings clubs that facilitated their members buying houses. The Regulation of Benefit Building Societies Act was passed by Parliament in 1836, granting official recognition to these societies for the first time. By 1860 there were over 27,500 building societies around the country. Many churches established benefit societies for the assistance of the poor in their parishes.

British Records Association reference BRA 1779.

Gift from the Church Benefit Society, 1987 (ACC/2453).

Notes (handwritten) relating to a housing loan scheme proposed by the Church Benefit Society, including draft of charges and sample correspondence. Includes prospectuses and advertising pamphlets from existing building societies, presumably gathered for research, including the Prudential Assurance Company Limited, the Temperance Permanent Building Society, the Bradford Second Equitable Benefit Building Society, the Abbey Road Building Society and the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society.

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Copyright rests with the City of London.
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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. July to October 2009 Hearts of Oak Benefit Society Temperance Permanent Building Society Bradford Second Equitable Benefit Building Society Property Law Civil law Legal systems Property ownership Finance Financial institutions Building societies Societies Benefit societies Organizations Associations Housing associations Housing cooperatives Prudential Assurance Company Ltd Church Benefit Society Abbey Road Building Society Property law Prudential Assurance Co Ltd x Prudential Mutual Assurance , Investment and Loan Association x British Prudential Assurance Association x British Prudential & Consolidated Assurance Prudential plc x Prudential Mutual Assurance Investment and Loan Association

Gift from the Church Benefit Society, 1987 (ACC/2453).

Notes (handwritten) relating to a housing loan scheme proposed by the Church Benefit Society, including draft of charges and sample correspondence. Includes prospectuses and advertising pamphlets from existing building societies, presumably gathered for research, including the Prudential Assurance Company Limited, the Temperance Permanent Building Society, the Bradford Second Equitable Benefit Building Society, the Abbey Road Building Society and the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society.

One bundle

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the City of London.

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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.

• anglais