Collection GB 0074 ACC/3130 - METROPOLITAN BENEFITS SOCIETIES' ALMSHOUSES

0.01 linear metres

GB 0074 ACC/3130 1875-1918 Collection 0.01 linear metres Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Asylum x Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Almshouses

The Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Asylum was founded in 1829 by John Christopher Bowles. The foundation stone of the Asylum which was situated in Balls Pond Road, Islington, was laid by the Lord Mayor in 1836. The Asylum was intended to provide accommodation for aged persons of either sex who were members of any friendly or benefit society and who lived in or near London. The almshouses were modernised in 1959. In 1964 twelve two storeyed houses for four tenants each were arranged around three sides of a quadrangle with a central hall to provide homes for a total of 48 men and women.

Archives deposited by the Clerk to the Trustees, 13 January 1993.

Records of the Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Asylum, later known as the Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Almshouses, comprising Committee minute book and Life donor's certificate with a view of the Asylum.

Two items.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

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

Further records of the Almshouses are at reference LMA/4228.

For further information see The Almshouses of London by Clive Berridge and the Annual Charities Register and Digest.

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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Archives deposited by the Clerk to the Trustees, 13 January 1993.

Records of the Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Asylum, later known as the Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Almshouses, comprising Committee minute book and Life donor's certificate with a view of the Asylum.

Two items.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

• anglais

• latin

English

Further records of the Almshouses are at reference LMA/4228.

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