Collection GB 0074 E/EV - EVELYN ESTATE, DEPTFORD

0.15 linear metres (79 documents).

GB 0074 E/EV 1828-1932 Collection 0.15 linear metres (79 documents). Evelyn , family , of Wotton, Surrey

The writer and diarist John Evelyn (1620-1706) came from a landed estate at Wotton in Surrey, although as a younger son he did not expect to inherit the family lands. In 1647 he married Mary Browne, sole heir of Sir Richard Browne, and through this marriage gained Sayes Court in Deptford with surrounding lands (as confirmed by a grant from Charles II). Evelyn had a stong interest in horticulture and created a famous garden at Sayes Court. However, Evelyn's elder brother died and he did inherit the Surrey estates, moving there and letting out the house at Deptford. His most famous tenant was Peter the Great, czar of Russia, who was visiting Deptford to study shipbuilding and whose drunken revelries caused damage to the gardens. The estate remained in the Evelyn family, although the manor house was torn down in 1728 and a workhouse and the Admiralty Victualling Yard were built on the site. In 1884 W J Evelyn granted some land to the London County Council to create a public open space.

Gifted to the Archive in July 1956.

Records of the Evelyn family estates in Deptford, including leases and agreements to lease for premises (including public houses the Admiral Rodney, The Ship and the White Hart) in New King Street, Grove Street, Mill Lane, Slaughterhouse Lane, and Czar Street; building agreements for Alexandra Street, Amersham Grove, Amersham Vale Road, Greenfield Place, Junction Road, Milton Court Road, Napier Street, Vansittart Street, Wardour Lane, Woodpecker Road, Evelyn Street and the Prince Street police station.

Records arranged in 3 sections: Property Transactions; Building Agreements and Administration of Effects.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
English

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

See also O/580.

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. Records prepared May to September 2011. Property transfer Law Legal documents Building leases People People by roles Property owners Information sources Documents Construction engineering Building operations Building construction Property Estate management Land management Property ownership Civil law Right to property Property law Evelyn , family , of Wotton , Surrey Lewisham London England UK Western Europe Europe Deptford Land economics Legal systems Civil and political rights Human rights Agricultural economics

Gifted to the Archive in July 1956.

Records of the Evelyn family estates in Deptford, including leases and agreements to lease for premises (including public houses the Admiral Rodney, The Ship and the White Hart) in New King Street, Grove Street, Mill Lane, Slaughterhouse Lane, and Czar Street; building agreements for Alexandra Street, Amersham Grove, Amersham Vale Road, Greenfield Place, Junction Road, Milton Court Road, Napier Street, Vansittart Street, Wardour Lane, Woodpecker Road, Evelyn Street and the Prince Street police station.

Records arranged in 3 sections: Property Transactions; Building Agreements and Administration of Effects.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

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English

See also O/580.

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