IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4227
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: AGED PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY
Date(s): 1868-1869 and 1925-1928
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.06 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Aged Pilgrim's Friend Society x Pilgrim's Friend Society
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Aged Pilgrims' Friend Society was founded in 1807, providing pensions and almshouses for elderly Christians. A residential care home was opened in Hornsey Rise in 1871. By 1928 the charity had homes at Camberwell, Stamford Hill, Brighton, and Gerrards Cross. The Society is now known as the Pilgrims' Friend Society and continues to manage residential care homes and sheltered accommodation across England.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Aged Pilgrim's Friend Society, comprising papers relating to a proposed new asylum at Hornsey Rise; and annual reports.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
001: minutes and letter; 002-005: annual reports.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records 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:
Records deposited as a gift in 1999.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.