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- 1868-1895 (Creation)
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0.07 linear metres.
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Islington Cemetery, 278 High Road, East Finchley, was founded in 1854. It was the first municipally owned cemetery in London.
The London Necropolis and National Mausoleum Company, later known as the London Necropolis Company, established the Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey in 1854, to ease pressure on crowded London burial grounds.
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Archival history
GB 0074 ACC/2667 1868-1895 Collection 0.07 linear metres. Pollard , William
Islington Cemetery, 278 High Road, East Finchley, was founded in 1854. It was the first municipally owned cemetery in London.
The London Necropolis and National Mausoleum Company, later known as the London Necropolis Company, established the Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey in 1854, to ease pressure on crowded London burial grounds.
Records from an anonymous source transferred by the West Sussex Record Office, 1 March 1989.
Records of William Pollard, including documents relating to the purchase of land in Hornsey, 1868-72; plan of Islington Burial Ground, East Finchley, showing location of numbered grave spaces, 1882; grant of grave space in Islington Burial Ground, East Finchley, 1888; accounts for burials at the London Necropolis Company cemetery, 1894-95.
ACC/2667/001-004: Property documents; ACC/2667/005-010: Burial records.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
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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. Public enterprises Public utilities Burial grounds Ceremonies Civil ceremonies Funerals Burials Civil law Property ownership Deeds Title deeds Property Property transfer Information sources Documents Burial records People People by roles Property owners Enterprises Right to property Property law Islington Cemetery , East Finchley London Necropolis Co x London Necropolis and National Mausoleum Co East Finchley Barnet Hertfordshire Surrey England UK Western Europe Europe Haringey London Hornsey Middlesex Civil and political rights Legal systems Law Human rights
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Records from an anonymous source transferred by the West Sussex Record Office, 1 March 1989.
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Scope and content
Records of William Pollard, including documents relating to the purchase of land in Hornsey, 1868-72; plan of Islington Burial Ground, East Finchley, showing location of numbered grave spaces, 1882; grant of grave space in Islington Burial Ground, East Finchley, 1888; accounts for burials at the London Necropolis Company cemetery, 1894-95.
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ACC/2667/001-004: Property documents; ACC/2667/005-010: Burial records.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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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- English