IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/235
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ALCHIN, WILLIAM TURNER
Date(s): 1856
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3 production units.
Name of creator(s): Alchin | William Turner | 1790-1865 | Guildhall Librarian
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Turner Alchin was born in 1790 in Billingsgate. He practised as a solicitor while also pursuing antiquarian interests. In 1845 he was appointed librarian at Guildhall Library, a post he held until his death in 1865.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Transcripts of an extract from "St Paul's Liber" (folios 51-54), a survey of property in London belonging to St Paul's Cathedral, 1130.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Three items.
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:
The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For the original item see CLC/313/B/001/MS25504. For more papers of William Alchin see COL/AC and COL/CN.
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: August to October 2010.