Collection GB 0074 CLC/459 - HART, William (fl 1880)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/459

Title

HART, William (fl 1880)

Date(s)

  • 188-? (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

8 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The extracts were made by Hart principally from the London Gazette and the Daily Advertiser but also from many other 17th and 18th century newspapers and magazines held at Guildhall Library and the British Museum.

Many of the signs are also to be found in Bryant Lillywhite's London Signs (London, 1972) but a few signs noticed by Hart do not appear in Lillywhite and other entries pre- or post-date the corresponding entries in London Signs. Vols.11, 15, 18-20, 25 & 26 contain indexes to goldsmiths' and pawnbrokers' names only.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/459 188-? Collection 8 production units. Hart , William , fl 1880 , antiquarian researcher

The extracts were made by Hart principally from the London Gazette and the Daily Advertiser but also from many other 17th and 18th century newspapers and magazines held at Guildhall Library and the British Museum.

Many of the signs are also to be found in Bryant Lillywhite's London Signs (London, 1972) but a few signs noticed by Hart do not appear in Lillywhite and other entries pre- or post-date the corresponding entries in London Signs. Vols.11, 15, 18-20, 25 & 26 contain indexes to goldsmiths' and pawnbrokers' names only.

These records were deposited by the Chartered Institute of Bankers in 1995, but the connection, if any, with the Institute is unclear. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1997. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

These records comprise compilations of London signs, 1649-1767, of advertisements by goldsmiths, 1666-1731, and list of city stage-coach and carrier services, 1749.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

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.

Records prepared May to September 2011. Stage coaches People People by occupation Personnel Skilled personnel Metal workers Goldsmiths Advertising Advertisements Communication process Information transfer Non-verbal information transfer Signs and signboards History Historical research Coaches Vehicles Transport Antiquaries Historians Social scientists Press advertising City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These records were deposited by the Chartered Institute of Bankers in 1995, but the connection, if any, with the Institute is unclear. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1997. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

These records comprise compilations of London signs, 1649-1767, of advertisements by goldsmiths, 1666-1731, and list of city stage-coach and carrier services, 1749.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Notes area

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

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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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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