Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/017-26 - LONDON WHARF AND WAREHOUSE COMMITTEE

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/017-26

Title

LONDON WHARF AND WAREHOUSE COMMITTEE

Date(s)

  • 1842-1975 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

198 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The London Wharf and Warehouse Committee was established in 1861, as the Warehouse Improvement and Wharf Committee, by offices involved in fire insurance (later the Fire Offices' Committee); it was renamed in 1872. It surveyed and rated wharfs, warehouses and goods covered by the London Mercantile and Insurance Tariffs.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/017-26 1842-1975 Collection 198 production units. Fire Offices' Committee , London Wharf and Warehouse Committee

The London Wharf and Warehouse Committee was established in 1861, as the Warehouse Improvement and Wharf Committee, by offices involved in fire insurance (later the Fire Offices' Committee); it was renamed in 1872. It surveyed and rated wharfs, warehouses and goods covered by the London Mercantile and Insurance Tariffs.

Deposited in Guildhall Library in 1974 and 1975. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the London Wharf and Warehouse Committee, including minute books; surveyors' reports; and plans of wharfs, warehouses and docks.

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

Fire Offices' Committee: CLC/B/017-11.

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.

November 2010 to January 2011. Fire Offices' Committee , London Wharf and Warehouse Committee Buildings Architecture Commercial buildings Building components Warehouses Structural components Wharves Transport infrastructure Docks Business records Service industries Financial service industries Insurance services Professional associations Information sources Documents Insurance records Insurance Finance Fire insurance Organizations Associations Trade associations Fire Offices' Committee , association for fire insurance providers London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in Guildhall Library in 1974 and 1975. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the London Wharf and Warehouse Committee, including minute books; surveyors' reports; and plans of wharfs, warehouses and docks.

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 City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Fire Offices' Committee: CLC/B/017-11.

Finding aids

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

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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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area