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MORDEN COLLEGE, BLACKHEATH


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 A/MC

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: MORDEN COLLEGE, BLACKHEATH

Date(s): 1828-1831

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.15 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Morden College | Blackheath

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Morden College was founded under the will of Sir John Morden, who died in 1708. It was originally a residential care home for 40 elderly merchants who had fallen on difficult times. The trustees of the College were members of the East India Company or the Company of Turkey Merchants. The College has subsequently expanded, and now allows the admission of women and married couples.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Morden College, Blackheath, including correspondence, financial statements, and papers relating to a dispute with the Charity Commissioners.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

A/MC/001-019: Administrative records.

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:

Deposited as a gift in October 1957.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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: June to August 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Care for the elderly | Care | Health services
Charitable trusts | Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Charities administration | Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Charity records | Documents | Information sources
Merchants | Mercantile personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Pensioners (older people) | People by age group | People
Poor relief | Social welfare
Residential care homes | Housing | Accommodation | Building standards | Building design | Construction engineering
Nonprofit organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
Morden College | Blackheath

Places
Blackheath | Lewisham | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe