IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/162
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WESTMINSTER PAVING COMMISSIONERS
Date(s): 1771-1813
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 5 production units.
Name of creator(s): Westminster Paving Commissioners
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Westminster Paving Commissioners were established in 1762 with responsibility for the maintenance of the streets and roads, including repairing paving and cobbles and improving drainage. The Commissioners' powers diminished as individual parishes began to establish their own committees for street maintenance.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Westminster Paving Commissioners, comprising assignments and agreements relating to contracts and loans.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Documents in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
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 in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The Westminster Archives Centre holds minutes, financial accounts, works books, agreements and correspondence, 1762-1835.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.