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- 1881-1914 (Creation)
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0.01 linear metres
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Biographical history
Thomas Knightley (1824-1905) was an architect of some note. He was District Surveyor for Hammersmith for over 40 years. His practise was in Cannon Street EC1. His most famous building was Queen's Hall, Langham Place (1890) which was the home of the Henry Wood Promenade concerts [the Proms] until it was destroyed by enemy action in 1941. He also designed the Birkbeck Bank premises and Saint Paul's Church, Westferry Road.
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GB 0074 ACC/1648 1881-1914 Collection 0.01 linear metres Rooks, Rider and Company , solicitors
Thomas Knightley (1824-1905) was an architect of some note. He was District Surveyor for Hammersmith for over 40 years. His practise was in Cannon Street EC1. His most famous building was Queen's Hall, Langham Place (1890) which was the home of the Henry Wood Promenade concerts [the Proms] until it was destroyed by enemy action in 1941. He also designed the Birkbeck Bank premises and Saint Paul's Church, Westferry Road.
Received in 1981.
Papers, 1881-1914, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties owned by the Knightley family, particularly Thomas Edward Knightley, in Poplar, Norton Folgate (a street in the City of London), Finsbury, Tulse Hill and Tottenham.
14 items in chronological order.
Available for general access.
Copyright 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.
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Received in 1981.
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Papers, 1881-1914, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties owned by the Knightley family, particularly Thomas Edward Knightley, in Poplar, Norton Folgate (a street in the City of London), Finsbury, Tulse Hill and Tottenham.
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14 items in chronological order.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright rests with the City of London.
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- English
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- 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