Collection GB 0074 ACC/1438 - COTCHING AND SONS {SOLICITORS}

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/1438

Title

COTCHING AND SONS {SOLICITORS}

Date(s)

  • 1840-1862 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.01 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Abstract of title is a summary of prior ownership of a property, drawn up by solicitors. Such an abstract may go back several hundred years or just a few months, and was usually drawn up just prior to a sale.

Brentford Poor Law Union was formed in June 1836. The Brentford Union Workhouse was constructed on Twickenham Road in 1837. A separate school, called Percy House, was built on the same site in 1883.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/1438 1840-1862 Collection 0.01 linear metres Cotching and Sons , solicitors

Abstract of title is a summary of prior ownership of a property, drawn up by solicitors. Such an abstract may go back several hundred years or just a few months, and was usually drawn up just prior to a sale.

Brentford Poor Law Union was formed in June 1836. The Brentford Union Workhouse was constructed on Twickenham Road in 1837. A separate school, called Percy House, was built on the same site in 1883.

Received in 1978 (ACC/1438)

Papers, 1840-1862, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising abstract of title, a mortgage and associated correspondence for Number 27 Wolsey Terrace, Kentish Town, and abstract of title of Brentford Union Board of Guardians to parish workhouse and adjoining land in Twickenham.

Chronological order.

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the depositor.
English

Fit

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

See reference BG/B for the records of Brentford Board of Guardians.
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. July to October 2009 Property ownership Abstracts of Title (documents) People People by roles Property owners Information sources Documents Deeds Title deeds Mortgages (documents) Architecture Buildings Workhouses Civil law Legal systems Law Legal documents Property Brentford Poor Law Union x Brentford Board of Guardians Cotching and Sons , solicitors Brentford Union Workhouse , Twickenham Road Property law

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1978 (ACC/1438)

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers, 1840-1862, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising abstract of title, a mortgage and associated correspondence for Number 27 Wolsey Terrace, Kentish Town, and abstract of title of Brentford Union Board of Guardians to parish workhouse and adjoining land in Twickenham.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Chronological order.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See reference BG/B for the records of Brentford Board of Guardians.

Finding aids

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

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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

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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