Collection GB 0074 CLC/162 - WESTMINSTER PAVING COMMISSIONERS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/162

Title

WESTMINSTER PAVING COMMISSIONERS

Date(s)

  • 1771-1813 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

5 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Westminster Paving Commissioners were established in 1762 with responsibility for the maintenance of the streets and roads, including repairing paving and cobbles and improving drainage. The Commissioners' powers diminished as individual parishes began to establish their own committees for street maintenance.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/162 1771-1813 Collection 5 production units. Westminster Paving Commissioners

The Westminster Paving Commissioners were established in 1762 with responsibility for the maintenance of the streets and roads, including repairing paving and cobbles and improving drainage. The Commissioners' powers diminished as individual parishes began to establish their own committees for street maintenance.

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Westminster Paving Commissioners, comprising assignments and agreements relating to contracts and loans.

Documents in chronological order.

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 Westminster Archives Centre holds minutes, financial accounts, works books, agreements and correspondence, 1762-1835.

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. Structural components Paving Engineering Maintenance Road maintenance People People by roles Commissioners Improvement commissioners Building components Westminster Paving Commissioners City of Westminster London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Westminster Paving Commissioners, comprising assignments and agreements relating to contracts and loans.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Documents in chronological order.

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 Westminster Archives Centre holds minutes, financial accounts, works books, agreements and correspondence, 1762-1835.

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

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

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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