Collection GB 0074 CLC/272 - COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS OF THE CITY OF LONDON

815 production units.

GB 0074 CLC/272 1771-1908 Collection 815 production units. Commissioners of Sewers , Corporation of London x Public Health Department

Early Commissioners of Sewers were solely concerned with land drainage and the prevention of flooding, not with the removal of sewage in the modern sense. In 1531 an Act of Sewers was passed which set out in great detail the duties and powers of Commissioners and governed their work until the 19th century, amended by various local acts. Gradually a permanent pattern emerged in the London area of seven commissions, five north and two south of the Thames, with, after the Great Fire, a separate commission for the City of London. The Commissioners had responsibility to undertake the construction of sewers and drains as well as the paving, cleaning and lighting of the City streets. Its powers were greatly extended by subsequent Acts of Parliament.

Under the City of London Sewers Act 1897, the Commission was dissolved with effect from January 1898 and its duties and responsibilities transferred to the Common Council of the Corporation of London and subsequently exercised by a separate Public Health Department until 1947 when the department was merged in the Town Clerk's Office.

The records were transferred to Guildhall Library by the Corporation of London Valuation and Rating Dept in 1921. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London. The records comprise: official documents relating to the case of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London v William Bulkeley Glasse and others; sewer rate books, 1771-1874; consolidated rate books, 1790-1908; and Metropolis Main Drainage rate books, 1858-1869.

The collection has been arranged in 4 series:
CLC/272/MS01649: Official documents;
CLC/272/MS02137: Sewer rates;
CLC/272/MS02138: Consolidated rates;
CLC/272/MS02139: Main drainage rates.

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

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

Other papers of the City of London Commissioners of Sewers are at reference CLA/006.
Records of the City of London Public Health department are at COL/PHD/AD.
See also the architectural sketch and notebooks of Richard Kelsey who was surveyor to the City of London Commissioners of Sewers, 1832-46 (CLC/B/139/MS00433).
The Commissioners of Sewers also managed the City of London Cemetery, see CLA/052.

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.

August to October 2010. Court of Commissioners of Sewers , Corporation of London x Public Health Department Consolidated rates Administration of justice Courts Courts of Sewers Sewerage Local taxation People People by roles Commissioners Improvement commissioners Environmental engineering Sanitation Waste disposal Waste treatment Sewers Information sources Documents Legal case records Drainage Water resources Fiscal policy Finance Taxation Community charge Sewer rates Commissioners of Sewers , Corporation of London x Public Health Department City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

The records were transferred to Guildhall Library by the Corporation of London Valuation and Rating Dept in 1921. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London. The records comprise: official documents relating to the case of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London v William Bulkeley Glasse and others; sewer rate books, 1771-1874; consolidated rate books, 1790-1908; and Metropolis Main Drainage rate books, 1858-1869.

The collection has been arranged in 4 series:
CLC/272/MS01649: Official documents;
CLC/272/MS02137: Sewer rates;
CLC/272/MS02138: Consolidated rates;
CLC/272/MS02139: Main drainage rates.

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

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• latin

English

Other papers of the City of London Commissioners of Sewers are at reference CLA/006.
Records of the City of London Public Health department are at COL/PHD/AD.
See also the architectural sketch and notebooks of Richard Kelsey who was surveyor to the City of London Commissioners of Sewers, 1832-46 (CLC/B/139/MS00433).
The Commissioners of Sewers also managed the City of London Cemetery, see CLA/052.

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