Fonds GB 0372 LONDON COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS/299 - Four Per Cent Industrial Dwellings Company: Stepney Green Court/Mocatto House rent books

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GB 0372 LONDON COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS/299

Title

Four Per Cent Industrial Dwellings Company: Stepney Green Court/Mocatto House rent books

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  • 1921-1947 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

3 Volumes

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Biographical history

The Four Per Cent Industrial Dwellings Company was a philanthropic model dwellings company, formed in London in 1885, during the Victorian era. In 1952, it was renamed the Industrial Dwellings Society (1885) Ltd. and is today known as IDS. The IDS manages over 1,400 properties in the London Boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, Redbridge and Barnet. Its president is Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, a descendent of the banker Nathan Mayer Rothschild, who founded the Society.

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GB 0372 LONDON COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS/299 1921-1947 Fonds 3 Volumes Four Per Cent Industrial Dwellings Company

The Four Per Cent Industrial Dwellings Company was a philanthropic model dwellings company, formed in London in 1885, during the Victorian era. In 1952, it was renamed the Industrial Dwellings Society (1885) Ltd. and is today known as IDS. The IDS manages over 1,400 properties in the London Boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, Redbridge and Barnet. Its president is Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, a descendent of the banker Nathan Mayer Rothschild, who founded the Society.

Deposited with Bishopsgate Institute by Irving Finkel via Jenny Kallin, November 2011.

Three rent books, suspected to be from Stepney Green Court, Stepney Green, and Mocatto House, Whitechapel, owned by the Four Per Cent Industrial Dwellings Company, listing occupier, occupation and rent paid (1921-1947).

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Photocopying and scanning facilities are available for a charge and will be completed by archival staff if condition and copyright permits. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.

English.

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Entry compiled by Stefan Dickers.

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.

7 December 2011. Housing associations Four Per Cent Industrial Dwellings Company Whitechapel Associations Tower Hamlets Organizations London England UK Western Europe Europe

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Deposited with Bishopsgate Institute by Irving Finkel via Jenny Kallin, November 2011.

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Scope and content

Three rent books, suspected to be from Stepney Green Court, Stepney Green, and Mocatto House, Whitechapel, owned by the Four Per Cent Industrial Dwellings Company, listing occupier, occupation and rent paid (1921-1947).

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Accruals

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No further arrangement.

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Conditions governing access

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopying and scanning facilities are available for a charge and will be completed by archival staff if condition and copyright permits. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.

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  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English.

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Bishopsgate Institute

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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

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