Collection GB 0074 F/CHT - CHATTERLY FAMILY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 F/CHT

Title

CHATTERLY FAMILY

Date(s)

  • 1749-1792 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.01 linear metres (6 documents).

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Chatterly family lived at St Martin in the Fields. Watermen were boatmen or licensed wherry-men who were available for hire on the river Thames. Lightermen owned and operated lighters, flat-bottomed barges which were used in 'lightening' or unloading ships that could not be unloaded at a wharf, and also used for transporting goods of any kind.

Archival history

GB 0074 F/CHT 1749-1792 Collection 0.01 linear metres (6 documents). Chatterly , family , of St Martin in the Fields, London

The Chatterly family lived at St Martin in the Fields. Watermen were boatmen or licensed wherry-men who were available for hire on the river Thames. Lightermen owned and operated lighters, flat-bottomed barges which were used in 'lightening' or unloading ships that could not be unloaded at a wharf, and also used for transporting goods of any kind.

Purchased by the Archive in May 1970.

Records of the Chatterly family, including apprenticeship certificate as waterman and lighterman, admissions to the Company of Watermen and Lightermen, and bill.

F/CHT/001 to F/CHT/006.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

Fit

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

See CLC/L/WA for records of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen.

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.

Records prepared May to September 2011. Personnel Transport personnel Watermen People People by occupation Lightermen Apprenticeship records Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Family records Family archives Saint Martin in the Fields City of Westminster London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Purchased by the Archive in May 1970.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Chatterly family, including apprenticeship certificate as waterman and lighterman, admissions to the Company of Watermen and Lightermen, and bill.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

F/CHT/001 to F/CHT/006.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See CLC/L/WA for records of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen.

Finding aids

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

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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.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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