IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/3165
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS
Date(s): 1817
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.30 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of Christ Church | Spitalfields | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales was born in 1796, the only child of the unhappy and controversial marriage of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV) and his wife Caroline of Brunswick. Princess Charlotte was very popular with the public and was greeted with cheering crowds when she made appearances. She married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg in 1816, soon falling pregnant. The pregnancy was difficult, ending in November 1817 with a fifty-hour labour in which both mother and son died. The death ended the line of succession of George III (Charlotte's grandfather) and was greatly mourned by the public. Charlotte was buried in Windsor on 19 November 1817.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Printed notice from the inhabitants of Christ Church Spitalfields, requesting closure of shops and houses on the day of the funeral of Princess Charlotte, 1817.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One document.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection 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:
Record donated to the Archive in March 1993.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.