Collection GB 0074 ACC/0289 - SHADWELL FAMILY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/0289

Title

SHADWELL FAMILY

Date(s)

  • 1451-1930 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.45 linear metres.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Sir Lancelot Shadwell, the last Vice Chancellor of England, bought Northolt manor from George Villiers, Earl of Jersey, in 1827. The manor comprised 269 acres. The Shadwell family owned the manor until the early 20th century when the estate was broken up and sold.

From: 'Northolt: Manors and other estates', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood with Southall, Hillingdon with Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow with Pinner (1971), pp. 113-116 (available online).

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/0289 1451-1930 Collection 0.45 linear metres. Various.

Sir Lancelot Shadwell, the last Vice Chancellor of England, bought Northolt manor from George Villiers, Earl of Jersey, in 1827. The manor comprised 269 acres. The Shadwell family owned the manor until the early 20th century when the estate was broken up and sold.

From: 'Northolt: Manors and other estates', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood with Southall, Hillingdon with Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow with Pinner (1971), pp. 113-116 (available online).

Records deposited in August 1948.

Records of the Shadwell family relating to Northolt, Ruislip and Greenford. Records include papers relating to the sale of estates and property transactions in Northolt and Ruislip; estate administration; sales particulars; manorial records; financial papers; legal papers; and notes on the history of the area.

ACC/0289-1: Northolt;
ACC/0289-2: Ruislip;
ACC/0289-3: Estate administration;
ACC/0289-4: Manorial;
ACC/0289-5: Legal cases;
ACC/0289-6: Historical notes.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection 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.

January to May 2011. Right to property Civil law Property ownership Manorial records Information sources Documents Deeds Title deeds Land use Estates (land) Land management Estate management Property Property transfer Property law Shadwell , family , of Northolt Manor of Northolt Northolt Ealing Middlesex Ruislip Hillingdon London England UK Western Europe Europe Greenford Land economics Civil and political rights Legal systems Human rights Law Agricultural economics Primary documents

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in August 1948.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Shadwell family relating to Northolt, Ruislip and Greenford. Records include papers relating to the sale of estates and property transactions in Northolt and Ruislip; estate administration; sales particulars; manorial records; financial papers; legal papers; and notes on the history of the area.

System of arrangement

ACC/0289-1: Northolt;
ACC/0289-2: Ruislip;
ACC/0289-3: Estate administration;
ACC/0289-4: Manorial;
ACC/0289-5: Legal cases;
ACC/0289-6: Historical notes.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Access points

Description control area

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.

Language(s)

  • English