Collection GB 0074 ACC/1648 - ROOKS, RIDER AND COMPANY {SOLICITORS}

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Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/1648

Title

ROOKS, RIDER AND COMPANY {SOLICITORS}

Date(s)

  • 1881-1914 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.01 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

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.

Archival history

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.

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 Leases (documents) People People by roles Property owners Information sources Documents Deeds Title deeds Mortgages (documents) Property ownership Civil law Legal systems Law Legal documents Property Solicitors Rooks , Rider and Company , solicitors Legal profession personnel Personnel People by occupation Property law

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1981.

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Scope and content

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.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

14 items in chronological order.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the City of London.

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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Description identifier

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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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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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