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Senate House Library, University of London

History of London area


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 186

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: History of London area

Date(s): 1597-1774

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 102 items

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Miscellaneous collection of deeds, bonds, indentures, correspondence and legal papers relating to London and the surrounding area, 1597-1774. Includes accounts for the building of 'Icknam Bridge' and for royal gardens, possibly St James's Park, [1650]; a fragmentary list of pictures in the house of Sir Godfrey Copley (d 1709), giving names of painters and dimensions of each work; valuations for work in Enfield Chase, Middlesex, 1728-1729; a rental for Southampton Row, 1731; various manorial documents for Enfield, 1718-1760, Hendon, 1623, Isleworth and Syon, 1662-1716, South Mimms, 1731, and Stanwell, 1670-1774.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged according to subject.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Manuscript quarto. Bound in half-morocco. Some of the documents are vellum.

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Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).

Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Art collections | Exhibitions
Building operations | Construction engineering
Collections
History

Personal names
Copley | Sir | Godfrey | ? 1653-1709 | 2nd Baronet | politician

Corporate names

Places
Enfield | Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Hendon | Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
South Mimms | Hertfordshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
St James's Park | Westminster | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Stanwell | Surrey | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Syon | Isleworth | Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Barnet
City of Westminster
Hounslow