Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1729-1813 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
0.18 linear metres
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Fulham Bridge was built in 1729 under the terms of Acts of 1726 and 1727. It was administered by its proprietors until 1880 when it was acquired by the Metropolitan Board of Works and freed from tolls. Records of the bridge company, however, continued until 1882.
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Archival history
GB 0074 DD/0119 1729-1813 Collection 0.18 linear metres Fulham Bridge Company
Fulham Bridge was built in 1729 under the terms of Acts of 1726 and 1727. It was administered by its proprietors until 1880 when it was acquired by the Metropolitan Board of Works and freed from tolls. Records of the bridge company, however, continued until 1882.
By a process that is unclear, the financial records of the company were separated from the minutes and were acquired by Fulham Public Library in or before 1926 and subsequently transferred to Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local Studies in 1968.
Transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre in 2015.
Records of Fulham Bridge Company including accounts and receipts.
4 items.
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Copyright is held by the City of London.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
See also:
DD/124 Miscellaneous papers relating to Fulham Bridge Company;
DD/127 Papers relating to Fulham Bridge Company;
BC/F the missing minute book 1739-1770, acquired by the Metropolitan Board of Works
At their final meeting the proprietors resolved to deposit their archives in the Public Record Office [now The National Archives], and in 1884 minute books for the period 1726-1882 (excluding the volume 1738/39-1770) were deposited there together with a dividend book (1730-1755) (reference TNA 30/26/12-18). In 1903 other papers of the company, mainly correspondence and accounts (1817-1881), were deposited by a descendant of the last chairman (reference TNA 30/26/19).
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
By a process that is unclear, the financial records of the company were separated from the minutes and were acquired by Fulham Public Library in or before 1926 and subsequently transferred to Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local Studies in 1968.
Transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre in 2015.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of Fulham Bridge Company including accounts and receipts.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
4 items.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright is held by the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
See also:
DD/124 Miscellaneous papers relating to Fulham Bridge Company;
DD/127 Papers relating to Fulham Bridge Company;
BC/F the missing minute book 1739-1770, acquired by the Metropolitan Board of Works
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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At their final meeting the proprietors resolved to deposit their archives in the Public Record Office [now The National Archives], and in 1884 minute books for the period 1726-1882 (excluding the volume 1738/39-1770) were deposited there together with a dividend book (1730-1755) (reference TNA 30/26/12-18). In 1903 other papers of the company, mainly correspondence and accounts (1817-1881), were deposited by a descendant of the last chairman (reference TNA 30/26/19).
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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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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English