PETTIT AND WESTLAKE {SOLICITORS} - AIM25

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/2819

Title

PETTIT AND WESTLAKE {SOLICITORS}

Date(s)

1892-1963 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.16 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Pettit and Westlake , solicitors

Biographical history

A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.

Conveyances are transfers of land from one party to another, usually for money. Early forms of conveyance include feoffments, surrenders and admissions at manor courts (if the property was copyhold), final concords, common recoveries, bargains and sales and leases and releases.

From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".

Repository

The London Archives

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/2819 1892-1963 Collection 0.16 linear metres Pettit and Westlake , solicitors

A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.

Conveyances are transfers of land from one party to another, usually for money. Early forms of conveyance include feoffments, surrenders and admissions at manor courts (if the property was copyhold), final concords, common recoveries, bargains and sales and leases and releases.

From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".

Deposited in 1990.

Papers, 1892-1963, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Chelsea and Harrow; including leases, mortgages, conveyances and building agreements.

ACC/2819/01-18

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

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.

July to October 2009 Legal documents Leases (documents) Conveyances (documents) People People by roles Property owners Information sources Documents Deeds Title deeds Mortgages (documents) Law Property ownership Civil law Legal systems Property Solicitors Pettit and Westlake , solicitors Legal profession personnel Personnel People by occupation Property law

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in 1990.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers, 1892-1963, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Chelsea and Harrow; including leases, mortgages, conveyances and building agreements.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

ACC/2819/01-18

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Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright 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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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.

Collection GB 0074 ACC/2819 - PETTIT AND WESTLAKE {SOLICITORS}