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- 1571-1908 (Creation)
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15 production units.
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Biographical history
The City of London was divided into wards for the purpose of government as early as Norman times. The wards had responsibility to keep the peace, supervise trade and oversee sanitation, and each ward has the right to elect an Alderman and Commoners to sit in the Court of Common Council.
One of the twenty-six wards of the City of London, lying north and south of Cornhill, one of the principal streets of the City. The ward contained two City parish churches: St Peter Cornhill and St Michael Cornhill.
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GB 0074 CLC/W/HF 1571-1908 Collection 15 production units. Cornhill Ward , Corporation of London
The City of London was divided into wards for the purpose of government as early as Norman times. The wards had responsibility to keep the peace, supervise trade and oversee sanitation, and each ward has the right to elect an Alderman and Commoners to sit in the Court of Common Council.
One of the twenty-six wards of the City of London, lying north and south of Cornhill, one of the principal streets of the City. The ward contained two City parish churches: St Peter Cornhill and St Michael Cornhill.
The archives of the ward have been deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since 1903. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of the Cornhill Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise wardmote minutes and accounts, returns and inhabitants lists, jury lists and other administrative papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
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
The LMA has also received a number of the records of the Cornhill and Lime Street Wards' Charity Schools (CLC/220).
There is a short printed history of the ward in J.C. Thornley's The Wards of the City of London, being a series of articles reprinted from the "Architect (1919-20) pp 375-7. Other works available in the Printed Books Section of Guildhall Library and which may be useful include William Chancellor, Account of the several wards, precincts and parishes in the City of London (1787) and A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of the City of London temp. Henry III-1912 (1908-13, 2 vols).
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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The archives of the ward have been deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since 1903. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Records of the Cornhill Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise wardmote minutes and accounts, returns and inhabitants lists, jury lists and other administrative papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.
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Conditions governing access
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The LMA has also received a number of the records of the Cornhill and Lime Street Wards' Charity Schools (CLC/220).
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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.
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- English