Collection GB 0074 CLC/463 - HONEYBOURNE, Marjorie Blanche (1899-1974)

3 production units.

GB 0074 CLC/463 1940-1968 Collection 3 production units. Davis , Eliza Jeffries , 1875-1943 , historian
Honeybourne , Marjorie Blanche , 1899-1974 , historian

Marjorie Blanche Honeybourne was born in Highgate in 1899. She took a BA in History at London University in 1921 and went on, under the supervision of Eliza Jeffries Davis, to gain an MA from the same institution in 1929.

With an abiding interest in London topography, she contributed articles on mediaeval London to several metropolitan periodicals. She was elected a member of the Society of Antiquaries in 1949. She acted as Honorary Editor to the London Topographical Society between 1960 and 1974 and the Ancient Monuments Society between 1967 and 1973. She died on 13 November 1974.

For a detailed resume of Miss Honeybourne's career see her obituaries in Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society vol.xx (1975) pp.11-14 and London Topographical Record vol.xxiv (1980) pp.203-208. The latter includes a list of her publications with a note on her sketch maps and plans.

Eliza Jeffries Davis was Reader in the History and Records of London at the University of London from 1921 to 1940.

The papers were given to Guildhall Library in July 1975. The papers were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1987. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Marjorie Blanche Honeybourne, including papers of Eliza Jeffries Davis, correspondence with Professor V H Galbraith regarding Eliza Jeffries Davis, and correspondence relating to the production of a London volume in the Historical Atlas of Town Plans series.

The papers have been heavily weeded as consisting, in the main, of material which Miss Honeybourne published in her lifetime.

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 City of London.

English

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

University College London Special Collections holds papers and notebooks of Eliza Jeffries Davis, references MS ADD 79 and MS ADD 119. The University of London Library at Senate House holds correspondence and papers, reference MS 860.

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. Parish of Saint Margaret Moses , City of London , Church of England Parish of St Mary at Hill , City of London , Church of England Parish of St Magnus the Martyr , City of London , Church of England Parish of St Mildred , Bread Street , City of London , Church of England Parish of All Hallows , London Wall , City of London , Church of England Parish of All Saints , Edmonton , Church of England Parish of St Michael Queenhithe , City of London , Church of England Parish of St Andrew Hubbard , City of London , Church of England Davis , Eliza Jeffries , 1875-1943 , historian Honeybourne , Marjorie Blanche , 1899-1974 , historian Wills Social scientists Worshipful Company of Barbers Antiquaries Historians Personal papers Primary documents Apprenticeship records Archives Apprenticeship bond Personal archives Information sources Documents Parish records History Historical research Edmonton Middlesex England UK Western Europe Europe Hackney London Enfield City of London

The papers were given to Guildhall Library in July 1975. The papers were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1987. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Marjorie Blanche Honeybourne, including papers of Eliza Jeffries Davis, correspondence with Professor V H Galbraith regarding Eliza Jeffries Davis, and correspondence relating to the production of a London volume in the Historical Atlas of Town Plans series.

The papers have been heavily weeded as consisting, in the main, of material which Miss Honeybourne published in her lifetime.

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 City of London.

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English

University College London Special Collections holds papers and notebooks of Eliza Jeffries Davis, references MS ADD 79 and MS ADD 119. The University of London Library at Senate House holds correspondence and papers, reference MS 860.

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