Collection GB 0074 CLC/484 - NOBLE, Mark (fl 1809)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/484

Title

NOBLE, Mark (fl 1809)

Date(s)

  • 1809 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Mark Noble, of Battersea, was a pump and fire engine manufacturer and a supplier to the Ordnance Board.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/484 1809 Collection 2 production units. Noble , Mark , fl 1809 , pump and fire engine manufacturer

Mark Noble, of Battersea, was a pump and fire engine manufacturer and a supplier to the Ordnance Board.

Presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by D.T. Rodger in 1999. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Mark Noble, pump and fire engine manufacturer, comprising a diary and the donor's transcript and notes. The diary is unsigned, but the donor has identified the author from a patent mentioned in the text and from records at The National Archives relating to the activities described. The entries are mostly accounts of travel and meetings in London, Kent and Berkshire to arrange finance, materials and trials of a pump, with little technical or personal content.

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

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. Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Water pumps Machines Diaries Transport Vehicles Emergency vehicles Fire engines Archives Personal archives Nonfiction Prose Literary forms and genres Literature Noble , Mark , fl 1809 , pump and fire engine manufacturer

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by D.T. Rodger in 1999. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Mark Noble, pump and fire engine manufacturer, comprising a diary and the donor's transcript and notes. The diary is unsigned, but the donor has identified the author from a patent mentioned in the text and from records at The National Archives relating to the activities described. The entries are mostly accounts of travel and meetings in London, Kent and Berkshire to arrange finance, materials and trials of a pump, with little technical or personal content.

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

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