Collection GB 0074 E/NT - NATIONAL TRUST

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 E/NT

Title

NATIONAL TRUST

Date(s)

  • 1835-1922 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.15 linear metres (21 documents).

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Fenton House in Hampstead was built some time between 1686 and 1689. The first owner was Thomas Sympson, whose widow sold the house in 1706 to Joshua Gee, a merchant. Later owner Philip Fenton gave the house its name, while it was owned from 1936 by Lady Katherine Binning who was a keen collector of porcelain, furniture and needlework.

For more information see: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-fentonhouse (accessed August 2011).

24 Cheyne Row was constructed in 1708 on land owned by Lord Cheyne. In June 1834 the writer Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane moved into the property (then known as number 5, not 24). The couple rented the house until Carlyle's death in 1881 (Jane died in 1866). After 1881 the house continued to be rented out, although largely untouched. In 1895 the freehold was purchased by public subscription and the Carlyle's House Memorial Trust was formed to manage the property and open it to the public. It was transferred to the National Trust in 1936.

For more information see: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-carlyleshouse.htm (accessed August 2011).

Archival history

GB 0074 E/NT 1835-1922 Collection 0.15 linear metres (21 documents). Various.

Fenton House in Hampstead was built some time between 1686 and 1689. The first owner was Thomas Sympson, whose widow sold the house in 1706 to Joshua Gee, a merchant. Later owner Philip Fenton gave the house its name, while it was owned from 1936 by Lady Katherine Binning who was a keen collector of porcelain, furniture and needlework.

For more information see: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-fentonhouse (accessed August 2011).

24 Cheyne Row was constructed in 1708 on land owned by Lord Cheyne. In June 1834 the writer Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane moved into the property (then known as number 5, not 24). The couple rented the house until Carlyle's death in 1881 (Jane died in 1866). After 1881 the house continued to be rented out, although largely untouched. In 1895 the freehold was purchased by public subscription and the Carlyle's House Memorial Trust was formed to manage the property and open it to the public. It was transferred to the National Trust in 1936.

For more information see: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-carlyleshouse.htm (accessed August 2011).

Records deposited in June 1972.

Title deeds and other property ownership documents for two National Trust properties, Fenton House in Hampstead and Thomas Carlyle's House, Cheyne Row, Chelsea.

E/NT/01: Fenton House, The Grove, Hampstead; E/NT/02: Thomas Carlyle's House, 24 Cheyne Row, Chelsea.

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Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

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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.

Records prepared May to September 2011. Right to property Civil law Property ownership Information sources Documents Deeds Title deeds Property Property transfer People People by roles Property owners Property law Carlyle , Thomas , 1795-1881 , historian and philosopher National Trust Camden London England UK Western Europe Europe Hampstead Chelsea Kensington and Chelsea Civil and political rights Legal systems Human rights Law

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in June 1972.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Title deeds and other property ownership documents for two National Trust properties, Fenton House in Hampstead and Thomas Carlyle's House, Cheyne Row, Chelsea.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

E/NT/01: Fenton House, The Grove, Hampstead; E/NT/02: Thomas Carlyle's House, 24 Cheyne Row, Chelsea.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

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

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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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