BRADFORD, J G (fl 1930-1933)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/428
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: BRADFORD, J G (fl 1930-1933)
Date(s)	: [1900-1933]
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 74 volumes.
Name of creator(s)	: Bradford | J G | fl 1930-1933 | historian

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

In a letter to The Times on September 8 1883, a J G Bradford of 157 Dalston Lane, E, wrote of the value of tombstone inscriptions. He stated that he has "as a matter of amusement" copied inscriptions in several churchyards and will leave "the collection at my death to some public library".

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Research notes by J G Bradford, including index to pedigrees and arms contained in the heralds' visitations in the British Museum; genealogical notes relating to members of the peerage; genealogical notes on the mayors of London; and collection of county heraldic visitations.

Access & 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:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

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:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
Records prepared May to September 2011.