Collection GB 0074 ACC/1835 - MARY WESTBY TRUST

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/1835

Title

MARY WESTBY TRUST

Date(s)

  • 1749-1964 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.45 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

In 1749 Mary Westby of Linton, Cambridgeshire, a widow, obtained land in Hoxton in the parish of St Leonard, Shoreditch on which she erected ten almshouses for poor women. In addition, she invested stock in trust for the charity and set up a body of trustees to administer it. Regulations made in 1770 specified that the almswomen must be poor members of the Independent, Presbyterian or Anti-paedo Baptist communities.

In 1881, the School Board for London purchased the land on which the almshouses were built and agreed to compensate the almswomen for the loss of their homes and removal expenses. The money raised by the sale was invested, and from thence forward the charity became a pension charity providing pensions for poor female Protestant Dissenters. The nine trustees were to be members of the Weigh House Chapel, the City Temple, formerly the Poultry Chapel, and New Court Chapel.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/1835 1749-1964 Collection 0.45 linear metres Mary Westby Trust , pensions charity

In 1749 Mary Westby of Linton, Cambridgeshire, a widow, obtained land in Hoxton in the parish of St Leonard, Shoreditch on which she erected ten almshouses for poor women. In addition, she invested stock in trust for the charity and set up a body of trustees to administer it. Regulations made in 1770 specified that the almswomen must be poor members of the Independent, Presbyterian or Anti-paedo Baptist communities.

In 1881, the School Board for London purchased the land on which the almshouses were built and agreed to compensate the almswomen for the loss of their homes and removal expenses. The money raised by the sale was invested, and from thence forward the charity became a pension charity providing pensions for poor female Protestant Dissenters. The nine trustees were to be members of the Weigh House Chapel, the City Temple, formerly the Poultry Chapel, and New Court Chapel.

Deposited 10 March 1983.

Records of the Mary Westby Trust, including trustees' records, records relating to property, volumes of collected documents relating to the Trust, financial accounts, and correspondence with the Charity Commission.

ACC/1835-1: Administration; ACC/1835-2: Finance; ACC/1835-3: Related Documentation.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

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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.

June to August 2010. Social services Social security Pensions Religious groups Christians Protestants Nonconformists Organizations Associations Charitable organisations Charities Charities administration Information sources Documents Charity records Charity accounts Almshouses Residential buildings Buildings Architecture Mary Westby Trust , pensions charity Hackney London England UK Western Europe Europe Shoreditch Nonprofit organizations

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited 10 March 1983.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Mary Westby Trust, including trustees' records, records relating to property, volumes of collected documents relating to the Trust, financial accounts, and correspondence with the Charity Commission.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

ACC/1835-1: Administration; ACC/1835-2: Finance; ACC/1835-3: Related Documentation.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

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

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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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Language(s)

  • English

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