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London Metropolitan Archives

KEW BRIDGE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2103

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: KEW BRIDGE

Date(s): 1775-1836

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Kew Bridge Tontine

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

A 'tontine' was a financial scheme by which the subscribers to a loan or common fund each received an annuity during his life, which increased as the subscribers passed away, until the last survivor enjoyed the whole income. The word is also applied to the share or right of each subscriber. Such schemes were introduced first in France as a method of raising government loans. Afterwards tontines were formed for building houses, hotels, baths, bridges and so on.

Kew Bridge was first built in 1758-1759 by John Barnard. It had seven timber arches. This was replaced by a stone bridge in 1784-1789. The present bridge was constructed in 1903, designed by John Wolfe Barry. The bridge crosses the Thames River between Kew and Chiswick.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records relating to Kew Bridge Tontine, comprising a tontine annuity certificate, 1775-1836.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One item

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Gifted in 1985

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

See ACC/0038 for more records of the Kew Bridge Tontine.

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Bridges | Transport infrastructure
Share dealing | Financial markets | Investment | Finance
Tontines | Annuities | Investment | Finance

Personal names

Corporate names
Kew Bridge Tontine
Kew Bridge x King Edward VII Bridge

Places