Collection GB 0074 CLC/156 - CHARITIES: SMALL COLLECTIONS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/156

Title

CHARITIES: SMALL COLLECTIONS

Date(s)

  • 1677-1679, 1819, 1854 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

Three production units.

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Tothill Fields was the name given to an open area between Westminster Abbey and Millbank. Tournaments were held there by kings living in the Palace of Westminster. Later the fields were used for cattle, growing food, horse racing, military parades, and bear baiting. A fair was held there every year. Duels were often fought here, and public punishments and executions held. The area was also used for burial pits during the plague. The fields were not developed until the 1830s.

Information from The London Encyclopaedia, eds. Weinreb and Hibbert (LMA Library Reference 67.2 WEI).

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/156 1677-1679, 1819, 1854 Collection Three production units. Various.

Tothill Fields was the name given to an open area between Westminster Abbey and Millbank. Tournaments were held there by kings living in the Palace of Westminster. Later the fields were used for cattle, growing food, horse racing, military parades, and bear baiting. A fair was held there every year. Duels were often fought here, and public punishments and executions held. The area was also used for burial pits during the plague. The fields were not developed until the 1830s.

Information from The London Encyclopaedia, eds. Weinreb and Hibbert (LMA Library Reference 67.2 WEI).

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

Records of small collections relating to charities, comprising:

  • Account of the trusts in which all or some of the Broad Street Lecturers are parties, 1819.
  • Account of subscriptions to the fund for making a causeway over Tothill Fields, 1677-1679.
  • Copy deed and schedule of regulations dated 10 May 1854 relating to the use of the working men's fund raised as a memorial of gratitude to Sir Robert Peel for the repeal of the corn laws, 1854.

    Three items.

    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. London Law Agricultural legislation Legislation Corn laws Teaching methods Lectures (teaching method) Transport infrastructure Causeways England UK Western Europe Europe

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

Records of small collections relating to charities, comprising:

  • Account of the trusts in which all or some of the Broad Street Lecturers are parties, 1819.
  • Account of subscriptions to the fund for making a causeway over Tothill Fields, 1677-1679.
  • Copy deed and schedule of regulations dated 10 May 1854 relating to the use of the working men's fund raised as a memorial of gratitude to Sir Robert Peel for the repeal of the corn laws, 1854.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Three items.

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 copies

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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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Language(s)

  • English

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