Collection GB 0074 ACC/1835 - MARY WESTBY TRUST

0.45 linear metres

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.

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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

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.

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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.

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