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- 1732-1966 (Creation)
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21 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 at the north of the City and being within and without the City wall; see also records specifically of Cripplegate Within Ward (CLC/W/HH). The ward contained seven City parish churches: St Mary Aldermanbury, St Alban Wood Street, St Olave Silver Street, St Alphage London Wall, St Michael Wood Street, St Giles Cripplegate and St Mary Magdalen Milk Street.
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Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/W/HI 1732-1966 Collection 21 production units. Cripplegate Without 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 at the north of the City and being within and without the City wall; see also records specifically of Cripplegate Within Ward (CLC/W/HH). The ward contained seven City parish churches: St Mary Aldermanbury, St Alban Wood Street, St Olave Silver Street, St Alphage London Wall, St Michael Wood Street, St Giles Cripplegate and St Mary Magdalen Milk Street.
The archives of the ward have been deposited with the Manuscripts Section at various dates. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
These records are exclusively for the part of Cripplegate Ward lying outside the City wall. The records comprise wardmote minutes and accounts, rate assessments, presentments and returns, plans of the ward and other administrative papers.
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
For records concerning the whole of Cripplegate Ward see Cripplegate Ward (CLC/W/HG), and for more records of the part of the ward inside the City wall see Cripplegate Within Ward (CLC/W/HH).
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 at various dates. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Scope and content
These records are exclusively for the part of Cripplegate Ward lying outside the City wall. The records comprise wardmote minutes and accounts, rate assessments, presentments and returns, plans of the ward and other administrative papers.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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.
Conditions of access and use area
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
For records concerning the whole of Cripplegate Ward see Cripplegate Ward (CLC/W/HG), and for more records of the part of the ward inside the City wall see Cripplegate Within Ward (CLC/W/HH).
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