IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): ACC/0671
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: EALING
Date(s): [1858-1899]
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.08 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Ealing Burial Board
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
A burial board appointed for Ealing and Old Brentford in 1858 acquired 8 acres east of South Ealing Road in 1860, which were laid out as a cemetery in 1861. Chapels for Anglicans and dissenters, forming a single building, had been built by 1873 and the area had been extended to 21 acres by 1890.
The Burial Acts of 1852-1857 gave parishes and town councils the power to establish Burial Boards which would be responsible for providing suitable arrangments for the dead of the parish. This was usually in the form of a cemetery. The Board was responsible for the management of the cemetery, usually providing chapels consecrated for the use of different denominations. The expense of setting up the cemetery would be charges to the Poor Rate or the Borough Rate.
From: 'Ealing and Brentford: Public services', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden (1982), pp. 147-149.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Seal of the Burial Board of Ealing, dating to after 1858, the date of the formation of the Board.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: City of London
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
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Archival history:
From a small miscellaneous collection of deeds and seals.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1958 (Acc/0671).
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2009