Collection GB 0074 ACC/1523 - HORNSEY HOUSING TRUST

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/1523

Title

HORNSEY HOUSING TRUST

Date(s)

  • 1933-1978 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1.29 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Hornsey Housing Trust was founded in 1933 by Margaret Hill, C.B.E. Its object was to convert houses for occupation by more than one family and to let them at low rents to help those on low incomes to find improved accommodation. Increasingly the trust provided homes for elderly persons. Hornsey Borough Council provided loans to assist in the purchase of property for conversion. After the Second World War, the trust joined with other charitable organisations to build homes, mainly for the elderly. It still continues to acquire properties for rehabilitation.

The trust is administered by a Committee of Management. A full time housing manager was first appointed in about 1945. Previously, this work and that of collecting rents was carried out by unpaid volunteers.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/1523 1933-1978 Collection 1.29 linear metres Hornsey Housing Trust

The Hornsey Housing Trust was founded in 1933 by Margaret Hill, C.B.E. Its object was to convert houses for occupation by more than one family and to let them at low rents to help those on low incomes to find improved accommodation. Increasingly the trust provided homes for elderly persons. Hornsey Borough Council provided loans to assist in the purchase of property for conversion. After the Second World War, the trust joined with other charitable organisations to build homes, mainly for the elderly. It still continues to acquire properties for rehabilitation.

The trust is administered by a Committee of Management. A full time housing manager was first appointed in about 1945. Previously, this work and that of collecting rents was carried out by unpaid volunteers.

Records deposited in April 1980.

Records of the Hornsey Housing Trust, including minutes of the Committee of Management; shares prospectuses; rules of the Trust; annual reports; and financial accounts.

Minute books ACC/1523/01-04;
Annual reports: ACC/1523/05-06;
Miscellaneous printed material: ACC/1523/07-15;
Account books and other financial records: ACC/1523/16-38;
Illustration blocks: ACC/1523/39-40.

These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

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.

June to August 2010. Right to housing Organizations Associations Housing associations Housing provision Construction engineering Building design Building standards Accommodation Housing Affordable housing Social and economic rights Housing needs Housing maintenance Social welfare Hornsey Housing Trust Housing policy

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in April 1980.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Hornsey Housing Trust, including minutes of the Committee of Management; shares prospectuses; rules of the Trust; annual reports; and financial accounts.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Minute books ACC/1523/01-04;
Annual reports: ACC/1523/05-06;
Miscellaneous printed material: ACC/1523/07-15;
Account books and other financial records: ACC/1523/16-38;
Illustration blocks: ACC/1523/39-40.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records 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

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area