Collection GB 0074 CLC/245 - DE CASTRO, John Paul (fl 1926-1940)

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Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/245

Title

DE CASTRO, John Paul (fl 1926-1940)

Date(s)

  • 1930 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

4 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

John Paul de Castro wrote The Gordon Riots (1926) and The law and practice of hall-marking gold and silver wares (1935).

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/245 1930 Collection 4 production units. de Castro , John Paul , fl 1926-1940 , historian

John Paul de Castro wrote The Gordon Riots (1926) and The law and practice of hall-marking gold and silver wares (1935).

These volumes were purchased by Guildhall Library in 1933, and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

A Dictionary of the Principal London Taverns since the Restoration, manuscript by John Paul de Castro, containing the names, sites and some of the recorded activities of taverns, chocolate houses and coffee houses; with some maps and prints.

Four volumes in alphabetical order.

Available for general access.

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 Bishopsgate Institute holds handwritten notebooks by del Castro, entitled The London and Surburban Coffee-Houses, Taverns and Inns of the Eighteenth Century, 1932-36, reference LONDON COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS/2.

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. Commercial buildings Inns Social scientists Historians Antiquaries History Historical research Commercial premises Coffee houses Buildings Architecture de Castro , John Paul , fl 1926-1940 , historian London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These volumes were purchased by Guildhall Library in 1933, and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

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Scope and content

A Dictionary of the Principal London Taverns since the Restoration, manuscript by John Paul de Castro, containing the names, sites and some of the recorded activities of taverns, chocolate houses and coffee houses; with some maps and prints.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Four volumes in alphabetical order.

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

The Bishopsgate Institute holds handwritten notebooks by del Castro, entitled The London and Surburban Coffee-Houses, Taverns and Inns of the Eighteenth Century, 1932-36, reference LONDON COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS/2.

Finding aids

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

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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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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