Collection GB 0074 F/WST - WEST FAMILY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 F/WST

Title

WEST FAMILY

Date(s)

  • 1811-1911 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1.21 linear metres (53 files).

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The West family had property in St Pancras including houses in Egremont Place (later Euston Road) and Camden Road Villas. Several members of the family spent time in India between the 1810s and the 1870s.

Archival history

GB 0074 F/WST 1811-1911 Collection 1.21 linear metres (53 files). West , family , of St Pancras, London

The West family had property in St Pancras including houses in Egremont Place (later Euston Road) and Camden Road Villas. Several members of the family spent time in India between the 1810s and the 1870s.

Deposited in two accessions in the London County Record Office in 1960 and in the Greater London Record Office in 1979.

Records of the West family. This collection comprises papers, 1811-1911, many dating from the 1840s to the 1870s, including material relating to cotton presses, engines, pumps, etc, 1816-1891; printed reports of West's Patent Press Company Ltd, 1873-1911; papers, 1824-1870, largely relating to domestic and manufacturing premises in St Pancras, including notices of railway companies relating to intended lines; correspondence and various other family papers (accounts, bills, diaries, notes, drawings, probate papers, etc), 1811-1878, including material relating to voyages and time spent in India (including Bombay) by family members, also including material relating to the estate of Robert Stephen Kitson, and material relating to attendance of family members at King's College School, King's College London, and London University; letters patent and specification for improvements in working railway signals, 1863; bundle of letters from Mr W Notter (box-office keeper in Covent Garden), 1825-1839, 1853-1855.

F/WST-1: Patent specifications, correspondence and company reports;
F/WST-2: Correspondence of Arthur Anderson West;
F/WST-3: Papers of Clement West;
F/WST-4: Administration of Henry West's estate;
F/WST-5: Academic papers;
F/WST-6: General papers;
F/WST-7: Diaries;
F/WST-8: Notes on India;
F/WST-9: Correspondence, notes and bills;
F/WST-10: Correspondence, accounts and general papers.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection 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.

Records prepared May to September 2011. Family archives Nonfiction Diaries Business records Letters patent Primary documents Personal papers Family records Information sources Documents Financial records Accounts Household accounts West , family , of St Pancras , London King's College London Camden London England UK Western Europe Europe St Pancras India South Asia Prose Literary forms and genres Literature

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in two accessions in the London County Record Office in 1960 and in the Greater London Record Office in 1979.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the West family. This collection comprises papers, 1811-1911, many dating from the 1840s to the 1870s, including material relating to cotton presses, engines, pumps, etc, 1816-1891; printed reports of West's Patent Press Company Ltd, 1873-1911; papers, 1824-1870, largely relating to domestic and manufacturing premises in St Pancras, including notices of railway companies relating to intended lines; correspondence and various other family papers (accounts, bills, diaries, notes, drawings, probate papers, etc), 1811-1878, including material relating to voyages and time spent in India (including Bombay) by family members, also including material relating to the estate of Robert Stephen Kitson, and material relating to attendance of family members at King's College School, King's College London, and London University; letters patent and specification for improvements in working railway signals, 1863; bundle of letters from Mr W Notter (box-office keeper in Covent Garden), 1825-1839, 1853-1855.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

F/WST-1: Patent specifications, correspondence and company reports;
F/WST-2: Correspondence of Arthur Anderson West;
F/WST-3: Papers of Clement West;
F/WST-4: Administration of Henry West's estate;
F/WST-5: Academic papers;
F/WST-6: General papers;
F/WST-7: Diaries;
F/WST-8: Notes on India;
F/WST-9: Correspondence, notes and bills;
F/WST-10: Correspondence, accounts and general papers.

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

Finding aids

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

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

Description identifier

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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