Collection GB 0074 CLC/161 - THAVIE'S INN (LONDON: CIVIL PARISH)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/161

Title

THAVIE'S INN (LONDON: CIVIL PARISH)

Date(s)

  • 1875-1908 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

28 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Thavie's Inn was an extra-parochial place (in Farringdon Without Ward), which was constituted a civil parish in 1858. It was co-terminous with the legal Inn of Chancery of the same name.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/161 1875-1908 Collection 28 production units. Thavie's Inn , civil parish

Thavie's Inn was an extra-parochial place (in Farringdon Without Ward), which was constituted a civil parish in 1858. It was co-terminous with the legal Inn of Chancery of the same name.

The records were deposited in Guildhall Library by the City of London Valuation and Rating Department in 1922. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1938. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Thavie's Inn civil parish, comprising minutes of parish meetings; overseers' book of receipts and payments; valuation lists and poor rate books.

The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section order has been retained.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

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

The Inn is also included in the poor rate assessment books of St Andrew Holborn for 1728-1829 (P82/AND). Thavie's Inn had no church or chapel, and searchers for baptisms, marriages and burials in the area are advised to use the parish registers of St Andrew Holborn.

No records are known to survive of Thavie's Inn as an Inn of Chancery. The Inn became defunct and the premises sold in 1769. The site was later occupied by a workhouse, Thavies Inn Casual Ward at Holborn; the London Metropolitan Archives holds some records at reference CBG.

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.

August to October 2010. Poor rates Finance Fiscal policy Taxation Tax assessment Government Public administration Local government Administrative units Parishes Civil parishes Communication process Group communication Meetings Parish meetings Rates (documents) Documents Information sources Overseers receipt and payment book Overseers records Conferences Thavie's Inn , civil parish Camden London England UK Western Europe Europe Holborn

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The records were deposited in Guildhall Library by the City of London Valuation and Rating Department in 1922. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1938. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Thavie's Inn civil parish, comprising minutes of parish meetings; overseers' book of receipts and payments; valuation lists and poor rate books.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section order has been retained.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The Inn is also included in the poor rate assessment books of St Andrew Holborn for 1728-1829 (P82/AND). Thavie's Inn had no church or chapel, and searchers for baptisms, marriages and burials in the area are advised to use the parish registers of St Andrew Holborn.

No records are known to survive of Thavie's Inn as an Inn of Chancery. The Inn became defunct and the premises sold in 1769. The site was later occupied by a workhouse, Thavies Inn Casual Ward at Holborn; the London Metropolitan Archives holds some records at reference CBG.

Finding aids

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

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Description control area

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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