Collection GB 0074 CLC/040 - CENTENARY CLUB

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/040

Title

CENTENARY CLUB

Date(s)

  • 1695-1872 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

4 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Founded as the Friendly Society or Club but known as the Centenary Club from 1795, it was a dining club which met successively at the Castle, Paternoster Row, the Half Moon, Cheapside and the London coffee house, Ludgate hill. Many of the club's members held civic office in the City of London.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/040 1695-1872 Collection 4 production units. Centenary Club , dining society

Founded as the Friendly Society or Club but known as the Centenary Club from 1795, it was a dining club which met successively at the Castle, Paternoster Row, the Half Moon, Cheapside and the London coffee house, Ludgate hill. Many of the club's members held civic office in the City of London.

These volumes were donated to Guildhall Library in 1898. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Registers of members of the Centenary Club dining society, 1695-1872.

Registers arranged in chronological order.

Available for general access.

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

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. Dining clubs Cultural heritage Cuisine Meals Leisure Leisure time activities Clubs Social clubs Centenary Club , dining society City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These volumes were donated to Guildhall Library in 1898. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Registers of members of the Centenary Club dining society, 1695-1872.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Registers arranged 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 City of London.

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

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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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.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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