IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/017-26
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: LONDON WHARF AND WAREHOUSE COMMITTEE
Date(s): 1842-1975
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 198 production units.
Name of creator(s): Fire Offices' Committee | London Wharf and Warehouse Committee
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The London Wharf and Warehouse Committee was established in 1861, as the Warehouse Improvement and Wharf Committee, by offices involved in fire insurance (later the Fire Offices' Committee); it was renamed in 1872. It surveyed and rated wharfs, warehouses and goods covered by the London Mercantile and Insurance Tariffs.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the London Wharf and Warehouse Committee, including minute books; surveyors' reports; and plans of wharfs, warehouses and docks.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions governing access:
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
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 Guildhall Library in 1974 and 1975. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Fire Offices' Committee: CLC/B/017-11.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.